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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | 225–300 | 42.9 | 8 | 1407 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 26–25 | 51.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 18 | 26–25 | 51.0 | |||
| Affinity | 11 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Combo | 20 | 34–21 | 61.8 | 2 | ||
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 19 | 32–19 | 62.7 | 2 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 15 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Control | 100 | 93–129 | 41.9 | 4 | ||
| Esper Control | 14 | 17–27 | 38.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 19 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 12 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 23 | 27–23 | 54.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 14 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 8 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Cruel Control | 8 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Control | 12 | 8–24 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 9 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 27 | 26–32 | 44.8 | 2 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 27 | 26–32 | 44.8 | 2 | ||
| Wildfire | 7 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 20 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 18 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 6–22 | 21.4 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 46 | 40–71 | 36.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 21 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 19 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |||
| Field Ramp | 15 | 12–26 | 31.6 |