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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 84–101 | 45.4 | 12 | 1 | 1496 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 36–42 | 46.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Living Death | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Excruciator Combo | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Unctus | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Restore Balance | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 9 | 15–21 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 15 | 25–28 | 47.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mutate | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Game Objects | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 2 |