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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 212–297 | 41.7 | 1324 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 59–70 | 45.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Goblins | 9 | 24–17 | 58.5 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 12 | 20–32 | 38.5 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 22–15 | 59.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 10 | 22–15 | 59.5 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 11–41 | 21.2 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 11 | 11–39 | 22.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 66 | 105–145 | 42.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 19–14 | 57.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mutate | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 8 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Abzan Hero | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Clerics | 21 | 31–46 | 40.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 |