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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | 438–477 | 47.9 | 3 | 1449 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 130 | 328–294 | 52.7 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 11 | 15–29 | 34.1 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 5 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 22 | 54–49 | 52.4 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 71 | 207–144 | 59.0 | 2 | ||
| Chroma White | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Cats | 4 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Cats | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Shamans | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 22–33 | 40.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 11 | 22–33 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Birthday Stax | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 14–31 | 31.1 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Gush | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 33 | 65–92 | 41.4 | |||
| The Rock | 11 | 23–32 | 41.8 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 11 | 23–24 | 48.9 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 8 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 |