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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 121–69 | 63.7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2094 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 25–5 | 83.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Bard Class | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 9 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 10 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 7 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 27–14 | 65.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Solar Flare | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 15 | 33–18 | 64.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 8 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono White Angels | 8 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |