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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 214–281 | 43.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1200 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 162 | 178–213 | 45.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Heroic | 17 | 12–21 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 64 | 78–80 | 49.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 14 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 30 | 31–42 | 42.5 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 22 | 34–35 | 49.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 17 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
| Runeflare | 13 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 10 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |