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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 273–203 | 57.4 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1764 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 51 | 141–87 | 61.8 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 39 | 115–66 | 63.5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Zombies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | ||
| Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Control | 6 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 58–39 | 59.8 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 20 | 56–34 | 62.2 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 36 | 65–62 | 51.2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 21 | 41–40 | 50.6 | 0 | 7 |