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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 183–68 | 72.9 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 2094 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 5 | ||
| Tokens | 8 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 7 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Cats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 51 | 122–39 | 75.8 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 5 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 2 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Breakfast | 39 | 102–32 | 76.1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 33 | 100–27 | 78.7 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 10 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 5 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |