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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 152–158–4 | 49.0 | 3 | 27 | 1534 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 43 | 100–91–1 | 52.4 | 3 | 17 | |
| Heroic | 12 | 28–26–1 | 51.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 11 | 28–22–1 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Merfolk | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Madness | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 20 | 26–43–2 | 37.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Demonic Rising | 6 | 14–12–2 | 53.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | |||||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 7 | 14–15–1 | 48.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 10–7–1 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 10–7–1 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |