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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 370–114 | 76.4 | 2 | 33 | 2216 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 47 | 111–37 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 31 | 80–22 | 78.4 | 8 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |||
| Pox | 11 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 61 | 181–40 | 81.9 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Izzet Tempo | 32 | 99–21 | 82.5 | 10 | ||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 25 | 74–16 | 82.2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Combo-Control | 20 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 5 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 20 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 5 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 20 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 5 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 36–12 | 75.0 | 4 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 15 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 |