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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 252–127 | 66.5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2061 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 53 | 167–75 | 69.0 | 2 | 15 | 8 |
| Storm | 15 | 40–24 | 62.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Izzet Storm | 15 | 40–24 | 62.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 35 | 122–41 | 74.8 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Oops All Spells | 35 | 122–41 | 74.8 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Control | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Burn | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 7 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Midrange | 10 | 25–14 | 64.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 |