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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 124–100 | 55.4 | 5 | 1648 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 34–30 | 53.1 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 25 | 55–43 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 25 | 55–43 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 11 | 27–18 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 9 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |