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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 228–215 | 51.5 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 1581 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 62 | 113–113 | 50.0 | 3 | 14 | |
| Heroic | 15 | 38–28 | 57.6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 12 | 32–19 | 62.7 | 2 | 6 | |
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 22 | 51–41 | 55.4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 19–34 | 35.8 | |||
| Affinity | 19 | 19–34 | 35.8 | |||
| Control | 13 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 40 | 79–63 | 55.6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Blink | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 15 | 42–20 | 67.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Esper Hero | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Clerics | 10 | 22–15 | 59.5 |