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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 131–106 | 55.3 | 4 | 1674 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 18 | 18–27 | 40.0 | |||
| Storm | 9 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 3 | ||
| Esper Control | 12 | 33–14 | 70.2 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 41–27 | 60.3 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 28–17 | 62.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 28–17 | 62.2 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |