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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | 308–255 | 54.7 | 9 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 27 | 32–46 | 41.0 | |||
| Storm | 12 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 15 | 18–29 | 38.3 | |||
| Control | 37 | 65–52 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 27 | 46–35 | 56.8 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Bant Control | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 8 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 8 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Wizards | 13 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 59–39 | 60.2 | 4 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Blink | 8 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 17 | 41–24 | 63.1 | 3 | ||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 40 | 97–68 | 58.8 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 40 | 97–68 | 58.8 | 2 | ||
| Wild Pair | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 |