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 5 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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172 | 433–385 | 52.9 | 8 | 17 | 1893 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Combo | 10 | 37–13 | 74.0 | 3 | ||
Reanimator | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 25–5 | 83.3 | 3 | ||
Upheaval Colossus | 6 | 25–5 | 83.3 | 3 | ||
Control | 119 | 259–297 | 46.6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Esper Control | 62 | 167–132 | 55.9 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Dimir Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 5 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |||
Grixis Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Cruel Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Stax | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 24 | 42–72 | 36.8 | 1 | ||
Sultai Control | 12 | 19–32 | 37.3 | 1 | ||
Combo-Control | 27 | 79–49 | 61.7 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Curses | 23 | 64–44 | 59.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Mindcrank | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
Midrange | 16 | 53–26 | 67.1 | 2 | ||
The Rock | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Blink | 15 | 52–22 | 70.3 | 2 |