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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | 242–292 | 45.3 | 5 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 49 | 60–105 | 36.4 | |||
| Storm | 34 | 33–77 | 30.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 34 | 33–77 | 30.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 13 | 21–25 | 45.7 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 13 | 21–25 | 45.7 | |||
| Control | 29 | 60–51 | 54.1 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Control | 24 | 52–39 | 57.1 | 3 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 59 | 98–102 | 49.0 | 2 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 31 | 56–54 | 50.9 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 21 | 36–38 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 19 | 35–36 | 49.3 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Bant Wave | 11 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 1 | ||
| Neoform | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 24–34 | 41.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 16 | 20–28 | 41.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 16 | 20–28 | 41.7 | |||
| Domain | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 |