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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | 307–232 | 57.0 | 9 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 49 | 103–52 | 66.5 | 6 | ||
| Storm | 45 | 99–48 | 67.3 | 6 | ||
| Simic Storm | 15 | 42–15 | 73.7 | 4 | ||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 23 | 50–24 | 67.6 | 2 | ||
| Warp World | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 53 | 106–77 | 57.9 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Control | 50 | 102–73 | 58.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 9–28 | 24.3 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 46–35 | 56.8 | 1 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 20 | 44–31 | 58.7 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 22 | 35–32 | 52.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 11 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Golgari Post | 11 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |