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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 191–148 | 56.3 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1842 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 39 | 105–70 | 60.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Eggs | 36 | 104–65 | 61.5 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Control | 14 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 9 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 35–34 | 50.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Blink | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 |