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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 180–167 | 51.9 | 1 | 2 | 1665 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 46–41 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 25–18 | 58.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 23–24 | 48.9 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Control | 15 | 17–37 | 31.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Pox | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 40–25 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 15 | 40–25 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 21–8 | 72.4 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 21–8 | 72.4 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 22–16 | 57.9 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Séance | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 31–23 | 57.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 11 | 31–23 | 57.4 | |||
| Greenpost | 11 | 31–23 | 57.4 |