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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | 457–474 | 49.1 | 4 | 16 | 1774 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 79 | 109–100 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Red Deck Wins | 22 | 49–29 | 62.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Goblins | 37 | 46–48 | 48.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 9 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Voltron | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Hexproof | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Rats | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Control | 48 | 39–59 | 39.8 | |||
| Dimir Control | 9 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 29 | 23–38 | 37.7 | |||
| Cawblade | 16 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 25 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 17 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 8 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 102 | 107–98 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Izzet Tempo | 30 | 44–31 | 58.7 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 28 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 41 | 41–40 | 50.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Solar Flare | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Midrange | 141 | 169–168 | 50.1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| The Rock | 14 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Jund | 50 | 52–55 | 48.6 | 2 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 2 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 56 | 67–67 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 53 | 66–65 | 50.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 2 |