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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 321–278 | 53.6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1652 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 67–53 | 55.8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 27 | 65–46 | 58.6 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 36–30 | 54.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 9 | 27–16 | 62.8 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Control | 65 | 106–117 | 47.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 24 | 37–35 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 8 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |||
| Cruel Control | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | |||||
| Pox | 14 | 30–34 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 23–13 | 63.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Infect | 7 | 21–13 | 61.8 | |||
| Simic Infect | 7 | 21–13 | 61.8 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 30 | 66–43 | 60.6 | 3 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 30 | 66–43 | 60.6 | 3 | ||
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 24 | 60–32 | 65.2 | 3 | ||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 |