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 6 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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839 | 1694–1366 | 55.4 | 11 | 94 | 48 | 1977 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 9 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
Rogues | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Merfolk | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Combo | 297 | 646–467 | 58.0 | 7 | 44 | 22 |
Storm | 75 | 181–104 | 63.5 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Dimir Tendrils | 17 | 46–17 | 73.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Dark Tide | 15 | 42–15 | 73.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Citadel Storm | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
High Tide | 51 | 122–75 | 61.9 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Reanimator | 49 | 122–81 | 60.1 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
Traditional Reanimator | 49 | 122–81 | 60.1 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
Rakdos Reanimator | 47 | 122–78 | 61.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Eggs | 36 | 104–65 | 61.5 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
Taking Turns | 77 | 117–145 | 44.7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Breakfast | 7 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 1 | ||
Oops All Spells | 7 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 1 | ||
Ad Nauseam | 38 | 54–48 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Restore Balance | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Actual Twin | 12 | 44–12 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Izzet Twin | 12 | 44–12 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Control | 171 | 345–272 | 55.9 | 2 | 24 | 9 |
Esper Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Dimir Control | 17 | 31–24 | 56.4 | 1 | ||
Azorius Control | 58 | 112–104 | 51.9 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
Mill | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 74 | 172–112 | 60.6 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
Blackpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 59 | 133–87 | 60.5 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
Dragon Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
Prison | 12 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
Enchantress | 12 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 45 | 102–64 | 61.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Infect | 44 | 102–63 | 61.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Simic Infect | 44 | 102–63 | 61.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Tempo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Combo-Control | 23 | 55–30 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Mindcrank | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Hive Mind | 9 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
Greasefang | 13 | 43–14 | 75.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Orzhov Greasefang | 12 | 43–12 | 78.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Midrange | 257 | 458–465 | 49.6 | 1 | 19 | 7 |
Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
The Rock | 8 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Jund | 75 | 121–120 | 50.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Blink | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Rakdos Midrange | 20 | 27–36 | 42.9 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 24 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Devotion | 24 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 1 | ||
Dimir Midrange | 91 | 190–187 | 50.4 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
Ramp | 35 | 62–51 | 54.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 35 | 62–51 | 54.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Eldrazipost | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Post | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Greenpost | 15 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gruul Post | 13 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Simic Post | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 |