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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 304–180 | 62.8 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1820 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 82–38 | 68.3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Storm | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Grozoth | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 48–18 | 72.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 48–18 | 72.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Turntimber Ranger | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 9 | 16–20 | 44.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 | ||
| Shrines | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 51–27 | 65.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Skies | 19 | 51–27 | 65.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo-Control | 12 | 43–14 | 75.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mindcrank | 10 | 39–10 | 79.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 89–60 | 59.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Naya Midrange | 30 | 88–56 | 61.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |