Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 143–105 | 57.7 | 7 | 1684 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 43–38 | 53.1 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 12 | 40–15 | 72.7 | 3 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |