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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 191–152 | 55.7 | 8 | 1714 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 42 | 124–66 | 65.3 | 8 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 21 | 56–35 | 61.5 | 3 | ||
| White Weenie | 9 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 2 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 28–44 | 38.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 7 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 |