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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 231–177 | 56.6 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1589 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 74 | 148–81 | 64.6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 62 | 131–57 | 69.7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Reanimator | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Warp World | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 27 | 47–53 | 47.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 13 | 11–26 | 29.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 13 | 11–26 | 29.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Infect | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 12 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Flash | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |