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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 298–184 | 61.8 | 14 | 1868 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 59–18 | 76.6 | 4 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 32–13 | 71.1 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Devastating Dreams | 4 | 16–3 | 84.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 15 | 47–18 | 72.3 | 6 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 21–4 | 84.0 | 3 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 21–4 | 84.0 | 3 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| New Perspectives | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 6 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Hermit Dredge | 6 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Control | 31 | 59–65 | 47.6 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 17 | 37–35 | 51.4 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 55–26 | 67.9 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 14 | 40–19 | 67.8 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 12 | 34–15 | 69.4 | 2 | ||
| Pummeler | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 23 | 61–40 | 60.4 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Treefolk | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Temur Energy | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Temur Bombardment | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 |