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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 135–105 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1818 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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| Control | 22 | 23–21 | 52.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 15 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Cawblade | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 7 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 29 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 7 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 13 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Goblin Persist | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 9 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 36 | 49–38 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 17 | 32–17 | 65.3 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Villainous Wealth | 9 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |