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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 261–190 | 57.9 | 8 | 1767 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 23–13 | 63.9 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 58–35 | 62.4 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 38 | 72–70 | 50.7 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Pox | 22 | 36–35 | 50.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Yosei Vat | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 29 | 64–43 | 59.8 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 9 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 9 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Wave | 9 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 16 | 32–20 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 16 | 32–20 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 16 | 32–20 | 61.5 | 1 |