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 11 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 189–141 | 57.3 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1932 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 68–57 | 54.4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Heroic | 4 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Elves | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| AggroSlide | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 27–25 | 51.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cycling Control | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Astral Slide | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Burn | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Card Advantage White | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | 3 |