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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 78–91 | 46.2 | 2 | 1422 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 33–24 | 57.9 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Devotion | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jund Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Jeskai Approach | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 6–24 | 20.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 7 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 |