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 2 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 55–119 | 31.6 | 1 | 1298 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 28–37 | 43.1 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Pirates | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 12–28 | 30.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 5 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Cawblade | 4 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 2–16 | 11.1 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | |||||
| Wave Blink | 1 | |||||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 1 | |||||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |