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 9 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 153–214 | 41.7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1356 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 54 | 78–87 | 47.3 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Heroic | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 32 | 55–54 | 50.5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Goblins | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Control | 11 | 10–22 | 31.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Cruel Control | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 23–31 | 42.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Burn | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Infect | 11 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Infect | 11 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 24–34 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Flash | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 13 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |