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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 113–224 | 33.5 | 2 | 18 | 1268 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 38 | 37–93 | 28.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 9 | 4–26 | 13.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Kithkin | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Reanimator | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 29 | 23–65 | 26.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 21 | 11–49 | 18.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | |||||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 5–23 | 17.9 | |||
| Mindcrank | 9 | 5–21 | 19.2 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 2 | 2 |