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 | 168–181 | 48.1 | 4 | 1526 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 39–36 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 30–10 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 7 | 25–10 | 71.4 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 60–50 | 54.5 | 3 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 17 | 33–32 | 50.8 | 2 | ||
| Cawblade | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 8 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 42–55 | 43.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |