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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | 288–246 | 53.9 | 8 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 33 | 44–49 | 47.3 | |||
| Storm | 19 | 29–23 | 55.8 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 6 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 11 | 22–15 | 59.5 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 10 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 41 | 61–58 | 51.3 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 21 | 33–29 | 53.2 | 1 | ||
| Cawblade | 12 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 8 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 15 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 9 | 22–9 | 71.0 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Midrange | 43 | 83–47 | 63.8 | 5 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blink | 39 | 78–41 | 65.5 | 5 | ||
| Ramp | 34 | 52–55 | 48.6 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 30 | 43–46 | 48.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 |