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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | 350–350 | 50.0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1708 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 85 | 178–152 | 53.9 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 42 | 102–66 | 60.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 40 | 72–80 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Affinity | 39 | 72–78 | 48.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 27 | 32–49 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 9 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| GreenTwin | 11 | 14–21 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Endless Belch | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 31 | 79–52 | 60.3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 31 | 79–52 | 60.3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 31 | 79–52 | 60.3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 13–31 | 29.5 | |||
| Mindcrank | 9 | 12–27 | 30.8 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 39–60 | 39.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 11 | 13–23 | 36.1 | 1 | ||
| Vampires | 11 | 26–23 | 53.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 11 | 26–23 | 53.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |