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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 107–86 | 55.4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1675 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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| Aggro | 10 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 14 | 32–20 | 61.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Storm | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nadu Combo | 9 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Control | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Blink | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |