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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | 202–344 | 37.0 | 1 | 4 | 1181 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 38–47 | 44.7 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 28–33 | 45.9 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 18 | 27–32 | 45.8 | 1 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 66 | 62–123 | 33.5 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 25 | 22–54 | 28.9 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 10 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
| High Tide | 10 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 12 | 25–17 | 59.5 | 1 | ||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 8 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 8 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Dredge | 7 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 9 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Control | 39 | 32–72 | 30.8 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 9 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 9 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Pox | 11 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 6 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 37 | 47–72 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 11 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 11 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 4–7 | 36.4 |