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 3 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 162–129 | 55.7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1685 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 22 | 54–44 | 55.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Storm | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 9 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 9 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Double Dragon | 8 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 14 | 36–30 | 54.5 | 2 | ||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 1 | ||
| Pox | 8 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 9 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 9 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 22–28 | 44.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 |