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 5 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | 474–455 | 51.0 | 6 | 107 | 3 | 1534 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 120 | 252–247 | 50.5 | 3 | 58 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 39 | 74–79 | 48.4 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Goblins | 8 | 8–16 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Tempered Steel | 21 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 47 | 114–99 | 53.5 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 47 | 114–99 | 53.5 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Combo | 14 | 8–25 | 24.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 14 | 8–25 | 24.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Control | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 86 | 177–168 | 51.3 | 3 | 44 | 1 |
| Blink | 10 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 10 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 14 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 60 | 130–123 | 51.4 | 2 | 38 | 1 |