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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 164–200 | 45.1 | 2 | 2 | 1492 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 46–35 | 56.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Combo | 18 | 32–41 | 43.8 | |||
| Storm | 15 | 23–35 | 39.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 11 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 18 | 28–37 | 43.1 | |||
| Esper Control | 12 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Curses | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 22–53 | 29.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| The Rock | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 9 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | ||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 |