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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212 | 132–256 | 34.0 | 3 | 1200 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 18–25 | 41.9 | |||
| Heroic | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Control | 91 | 47–119 | 28.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 46 | 25–55 | 31.3 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 10 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 10 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 27 | 8–39 | 17.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 24 | 26–27 | 49.1 | |||
| Burn | 19 | 22–23 | 48.9 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 5 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Midrange | 49 | 27–53 | 33.8 | 2 | ||
| Vampires | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 34 | 23–35 | 39.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 20 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 2 | ||
| Heart of Darkness | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Death Cloud | 6 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 15 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 15 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 14 | 8–15 | 34.8 |