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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 | 504–346 | 59.3 | 16 | 85 | 8 | 2097 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 6 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 183 | 434–299 | 59.2 | 16 | 81 | 6 |
| Mono Black Control | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 11 | 16–23 | 41.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Control | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 1 | ||
| Stax | 9 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 117 | 332–175 | 65.5 | 16 | 71 | 4 |
| Astral Slide | 117 | 332–175 | 65.5 | 16 | 71 | 4 |
| Five Color Control | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |