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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 44–96 | 31.4 | 1 | 7 | 1149 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 5 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | |||||
| Combo | 22 | 26–44 | 37.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Reanimator | 11 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Living Death | 11 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 11 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Eggs | 9 | 0–15 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 8 | 3–18 | 14.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Blackpost | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 0–14 | 0.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 5 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |