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 8 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 272 | 489–519 | 48.5 | 5 | 12 | 1627 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 19 | 38–35 | 52.1 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 8 | 8–21 | 27.6 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 10 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 10 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 62 | 98–126 | 43.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 21 | 35–40 | 46.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 23 | 40–46 | 46.5 | |||
| Cawblade | 18 | 34–32 | 51.5 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 7 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 42 | 101–73 | 58.0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 25 | 64–35 | 64.6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 88 | 172–150 | 53.4 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 15 | 33–33 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 50 | 88–73 | 54.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 17 | 40–33 | 54.8 | 2 | ||
| Combo-Control | 37 | 53–85 | 38.4 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 25 | 36–60 | 37.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 9 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 12 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 1 | ||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 |