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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | 128–179 | 41.7 | 3 | 1414 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 29 | 37–51 | 42.0 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Eggs | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 41 | 57–66 | 46.3 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 8 | 18–15 | 54.5 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 14 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Prison | 5 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Enchantress | 5 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
| Shared Fate | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Grenzo | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Coinflips | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |