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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 287–219 | 56.7 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 1843 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 110 | 230–172 | 57.2 | 3 | 31 | 4 |
| Heroic | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zombies | 18 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Affinity | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Knights | 19 | 22–31 | 41.5 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 38 | 102–58 | 63.8 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| Cats | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblin Persist | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 28–20 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 11 | 25–17 | 59.5 | 1 |