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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 146–186 | 44.0 | 4 | 1691 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 33–47 | 41.3 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 4 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 5 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| Madness | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 29 | 62–71 | 46.6 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 25 | 59–58 | 50.4 | 2 | ||
| Grixis Tendrils | 17 | 44–37 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Control | 11 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Cruel Control | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Cycling Control | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 28–29 | 49.1 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 25–27 | 48.1 | |||
| Wildfire | 11 | 25–27 | 48.1 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 6 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |