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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | 347–294 | 54.1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1703 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 122 | 277–208 | 57.1 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Heroic | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Tokens | 82 | 204–129 | 61.3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 50 | 126–74 | 63.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 15 | 33–32 | 50.8 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Merfolk | 6 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 47–38 | 55.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 15 | 35–27 | 56.5 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 |