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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 259 | 500–425 | 54.1 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 1759 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 62–47 | 56.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Elves | 15 | 36–21 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pirates | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Combo | 36 | 45–70 | 39.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 15 | 7–25 | 21.9 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 15 | 7–25 | 21.9 | |||
| Swath Storm | 13 | 5–19 | 20.8 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 19 | 33–40 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Breakfast | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 36 | 34–61 | 35.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mill | 24 | 17–43 | 28.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 65 | 158–117 | 57.5 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 29 | 78–47 | 62.4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 29 | 78–47 | 62.4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 19 | 43–34 | 55.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo Goblins | 17 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dirty Kitty | 17 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 34 | 72–46 | 61.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 27 | 54–31 | 63.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Midrange | 57 | 121–84 | 59.0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Fake-Rack | 50 | 106–68 | 60.9 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 0 | 1 |