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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 316–167 | 65.4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1954 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 35–11 | 76.1 | 3 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 24–7 | 77.4 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 60 | 165–78 | 67.9 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Storm | 33 | 101–46 | 68.7 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 15 | 62–12 | 83.8 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 17 | 48–17 | 73.8 | 4 | ||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 36–14 | 72.0 | 3 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Breakfast | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 27–28 | 49.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 15–3 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 8 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 16 | 34–20 | 63.0 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 13 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 |