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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | 208–271 | 43.4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1427 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 16–32 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dice Factory | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 74 | 120–141 | 46.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 25 | 49–46 | 51.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 17 | 26–30 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 47–45 | 51.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 19 | 35–37 | 48.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Displace Loop | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Familiars | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 |