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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 30–110 | 21.4 | 1 | 1181 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 24 | 10–28 | 26.3 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 8 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | |||||
| Shamans | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 34 | 9–38 | 19.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Biovisionary | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 13 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 6 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 17 | 7–24 | 22.6 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 10 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Bant Control | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 14 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 |