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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 147–141 | 51.0 | 4 | 1584 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 33 | 81–74 | 52.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 19–19 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 18–23 | 43.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 8 | 14–19 | 42.4 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 2 | ||
| Vampires | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 9–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |