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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | 118–205 | 36.5 | 2 | 1341 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Affinity | 10 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo | 65 | 35–73 | 32.4 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 35 | 14–40 | 25.9 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 11 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 8 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Eggs | 15 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Ominous Good | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 4–23 | 14.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 12 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 12 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 43 | 45–46 | 49.5 | |||
| Infect | 43 | 45–46 | 49.5 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 43 | 45–46 | 49.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 1 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | |||||
| Mindcrank | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Jund | 9 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 9 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Esper Hero | 7 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |