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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 148–175 | 45.8 | 9 | 2 | 1596 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 31 | 53–62 | 46.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Storm | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 20 | 39–42 | 48.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Oops All Spells | 20 | 39–42 | 48.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Belcher | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 21 | 52–36 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 16 | 44–25 | 63.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 13 | 38–18 | 67.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 17–32 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 14 | 17–32 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 |