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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 143–161 | 47.0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1470 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 86–72 | 54.4 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 22 | 59–42 | 58.4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 22 | 59–42 | 58.4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Combo | 10 | 13–32 | 28.9 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 23–38 | 37.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | |||||
| Demonic Rising | 5 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Infect | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Simic Infect | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |