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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 52–80 | 39.4 | 4 | 1190 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 5 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 7 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 20 | 21–23 | 47.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 7 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 1–9 | 10.0 |