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 days, 18 hours.
Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 219–142 | 60.7 | 3 | 7 | 1826 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 45 | 91–50 | 64.5 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 15–6 | 71.4 | |||
| Elves | 15 | 35–16 | 68.6 | 1 | ||
| Warriors | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 21 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 56 | 108–72 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| The Rock | 11 | 24–13 | 64.9 | 2 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 |