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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 168–97 | 63.4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1816 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 24 | 47–39 | 54.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 17 | 36–24 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Life is Ez | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 50–17 | 74.6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 12 | 39–12 | 76.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 24–13 | 64.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 24–13 | 64.9 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 24–13 | 64.9 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Hero | 4 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 |