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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 821 | 1732–623 | 73.5 | 3 | 11 | 163 | 2460 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 39 | 95–29 | 76.6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Red Deck Wins | 28 | 69–21 | 76.7 | 7 | ||
| AggroSlide | 11 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo | 503 | 1089–390 | 73.6 | 2 | 6 | 109 |
| Storm | 240 | 557–183 | 75.3 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 72 | 159–69 | 69.7 | 16 | ||
| High Tide | 157 | 381–105 | 78.4 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Izzet Storm | 11 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 216 | 444–167 | 72.7 | 1 | 4 | 44 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 134 | 279–101 | 73.4 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 18–3 | 85.7 | 2 | ||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 76 | 147–63 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Eggs | 12 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 11 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Breakfast | 14 | 29–8 | 78.4 | 4 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 12 | 27–8 | 77.1 | 4 | ||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 100 | 203–67 | 75.2 | 21 | ||
| Dimir Control | 30 | 48–19 | 71.6 | 6 | ||
| Azorius Control | 61 | 153–39 | 79.7 | 15 | ||
| Cawblade | 8 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 5 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 163 | 320–127 | 71.6 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| Mindcrank | 132 | 273–100 | 73.2 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Zur's Weirding | 8 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Solar Flare | 9 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 2 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 8 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 |