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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 172–131 | 56.8 | 2 | 4 | 1757 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 33 | 79–52 | 60.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Storm | 25 | 67–37 | 64.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 23 | 67–34 | 66.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 29 | 53–50 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 15 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 19–18 | 51.4 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |