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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 193–142 | 57.6 | 4 | 4 | 1751 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 48–23 | 67.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 18–6 | 75.0 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Food | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | |||||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | |||||
| Wildfire | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 42 | 101–73 | 58.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jund | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 11 | 31–15 | 67.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 11 | 31–15 | 67.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |