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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 161–88 | 64.7 | 1 | 8 | 2101 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 59 | 106–65 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Storm | 13 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 9 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 14 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 20 | 38–16 | 70.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 28–8 | 77.8 | 3 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 10 | 26–7 | 78.8 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 10 | 26–7 | 78.8 | 3 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |