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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 134–120 | 52.8 | 5 | 1631 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 33 | 73–50 | 59.3 | 3 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 15 | 27–23 | 54.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Breakfast | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 17 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | |||||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | |||||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Pox | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Mindcrank | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |