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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 122–115 | 51.5 | 3 | 1585 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 32–25 | 56.1 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Werewolves | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 6 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Food | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| 12 Pest | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 30 | 37–47 | 44.0 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 9 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Acid Trip | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 |