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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 | 875–487 | 64.2 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 1975 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 78 | 158–112 | 58.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Taking Turns | 54 | 111–84 | 56.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 18 | 41–19 | 68.3 | 3 | ||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 189 | 492–215 | 69.6 | 1 | 3 | 41 |
| Esper Control | 14 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Control | 105 | 327–98 | 76.9 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Stax | 25 | 55–28 | 66.3 | 5 | ||
| Ponza | 17 | 32–24 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 8 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 63 | 128–94 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Curses | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mindcrank | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 27 | 57–32 | 64.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 24 | 47–40 | 54.0 | 2 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 24 | 47–40 | 54.0 | 2 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 17 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 2 | ||
| Thopter-Sword | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Midrange | 19 | 36–26 | 58.1 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 21 | 57–32 | 64.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 21 | 57–32 | 64.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 21 | 57–32 | 64.0 |