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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 104–129 | 44.6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1446 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 11 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 11 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 22 | 38–43 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 10 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Big Red | 6 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 6 | 6–16 | 27.3 |