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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 55–101 | 35.3 | 1 | 1217 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 19 | 3–22 | 12.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 13 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
| Control | 17 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |||
| Mardu Control | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 9 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Curses | 6 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Sunforger | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 6 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 4 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 12 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Wave Blink | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Vat | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 12 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 |