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 3 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 80–81 | 49.7 | 4 | 1583 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 17 | 25–27 | 48.1 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Glimpse | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Grixis Control | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 |