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 7 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 127–182 | 41.1 | 1 | 1416 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 59–70 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Merfolk | 11 | 24–27 | 47.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 20 | 19–47 | 28.8 | |||
| Storm | 12 | 11–29 | 27.5 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | |||||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 16–18 | 47.1 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |