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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 182–140 | 56.5 | 4 | 1691 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 17–6 | 73.9 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 3 | 12–1 | 92.3 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 38–38 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 18 | 24–34 | 41.4 | |||
| Control | 9 | 20–14 | 58.8 | |||
| Grixis Control | 7 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 32 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 2 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 32 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 2 | ||
| Wildfire | 32 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 2 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 29 | 61–34 | 64.2 | 2 | ||
| Midrange | 15 | 26–32 | 44.8 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Big Red | 10 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 |