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 7 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 177–168 | 51.3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1662 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| "Twin" | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 38 | 91–67 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Izzet Control | 29 | 78–49 | 61.4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 42–36 | 53.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 17 | 41–27 | 60.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ramp | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 |