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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 150–198 | 43.1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1408 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Control | 77 | 82–136 | 37.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Esper Control | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Control | 17 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 22 | 20–42 | 32.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 14 | 16–29 | 35.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 13 | 16–24 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Dragons | 11 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |||
| Dimir Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Control | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 48–41 | 53.9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jund | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Constellation | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Jund | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Stoic Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |