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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 63–148 | 29.9 | 4 | 1230 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 41 | 38–77 | 33.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 32–37 | 46.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 15 | 16–28 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Slivers | 5 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 3–21 | 12.5 | |||
| Mill | 6 | 1–19 | 5.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 4–18 | 18.2 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 |