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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 177–96 | 64.8 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1831 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 49–31 | 61.3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Storm | 10 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 7 | 28–12 | 70.0 | 2 | 5 | |
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 26 | 59–33 | 64.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 49–21 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| The Rock | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 12 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 |