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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 63–65 | 49.2 | 1 | 1531 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Esper Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |