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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 127–185 | 40.7 | 5 | 1 | 1393 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Control | 25 | 35–53 | 39.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 10 | 15–24 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 11 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 11 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 16–28 | 36.4 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |