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 11 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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192 | 311–255 | 54.9 | 9 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Combo | 49 | 74–71 | 51.0 | 2 | ||
Storm | 26 | 33–37 | 47.1 | 1 | ||
Simic Storm | 25 | 33–34 | 49.3 | 1 | ||
Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Upheaval Colossus | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Taking Turns | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Control | 73 | 117–99 | 54.2 | 4 | ||
Dimir Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Azorius Control | 45 | 76–60 | 55.9 | 4 | ||
Izzet Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Grixis Control | 13 | 20–17 | 54.1 | |||
Cruel Control | 13 | 20–17 | 54.1 | |||
Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Bant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Control | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Aggro-Control | 9 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
Midrange | 14 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
Blink | 14 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
Wave Blink | 14 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
Azorius Wave | 14 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
Ramp | 47 | 89–62 | 58.9 | 2 | ||
Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
Simic Post | 7 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Reclamation at Wake | 30 | 58–41 | 58.6 | 1 |