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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 355–191 | 65.0 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 2069 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 62 | 175–96 | 64.6 | 4 | 26 | |
| Esper Control | 11 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 10 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Control | 20 | 71–29 | 71.0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 57–30 | 65.5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Curses | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 13 | 42–20 | 67.7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 38–14 | 73.1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thopter-Sword | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 57–24 | 70.4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Jund | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 8 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wave Blink | 4 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Azorius Wave | 4 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Card Advantage White | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 6 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jund Carth | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |