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 2 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 64–88 | 42.1 | 2 | 1455 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 16 | 16–27 | 37.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Stormpost | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eye of the Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 10–20 | 33.3 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |