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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 217–238 | 47.7 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1478 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 39 | 88–68 | 56.4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Goblins | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tokens | 4 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 13 | 16–25 | 39.0 | |||
| Affinity | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 11 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 11 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 30 | 57–77 | 42.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 12 | 20–31 | 39.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 18 | 37–46 | 44.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 15 | 24–38 | 38.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 3 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 23–27 | 46.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wildfire | 12 | 23–27 | 46.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Midrange | 20 | 34–45 | 43.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 14 | 22–30 | 42.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |