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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 197–157 | 55.6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1767 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 60–32 | 65.2 | 4 | ||
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 5 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 44 | 97–80 | 54.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Demonic Rising | 11 | 23–21 | 52.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 15 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 12 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Devoid Cruelty | 8 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 1 |