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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | 884–716 | 55.3 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 1674 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 167 | 382–315 | 54.8 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 147 | 357–274 | 56.6 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 24 | 41–53 | 43.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 24 | 41–53 | 43.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 113 | 285–204 | 58.3 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 31–17 | 64.6 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 10 | 31–17 | 64.6 | 1 | ||
| Ominous Good | 11 | 16–22 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Control | 134 | 331–239 | 58.1 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| Azorius Control | 108 | 289–194 | 59.8 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | |||||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | |||||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 14 | 27–25 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Midrange | 51 | 109–84 | 56.5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 31 | 92–44 | 67.6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Ramp | 27 | 48–60 | 44.4 |