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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 130–141 | 48.0 | 1 | 4 | 1509 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 3 | ||
| Goblins | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Affinity | 6 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Combo | 11 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 28 | 46–60 | 43.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Stax | 14 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |