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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 186 | 429–190 | 69.3 | 1 | 32 | 2118 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 70–38 | 64.8 | 3 | ||
| Heroic | 21 | 45–24 | 65.2 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 21 | 45–24 | 65.2 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Combo | 98 | 241–92 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Storm | 77 | 205–65 | 75.9 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| High Tide | 77 | 205–65 | 75.9 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Reanimator | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |||
| Double Dragon | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ominous Good | 12 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Control | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Stax | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 57–22 | 72.2 | 4 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 23 | 57–22 | 72.2 | 4 | ||
| Combo-Control | 21 | 46–16 | 74.2 | 5 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 21 | 46–16 | 74.2 | 5 | ||
| Wildfire | 21 | 46–16 | 74.2 | 5 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 21 | 46–16 | 74.2 | 5 | ||
| Midrange | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |