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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 90–77 | 53.9 | 4 | 1622 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 19 | 25–23 | 52.1 | |||
| Storm | 10 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Restore Balance | 7 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Control | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 3 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 7 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Resurgent Belief | 3 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 21 | 24–26 | 48.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 9 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 |