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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 145–133 | 52.2 | 16 | 3 | 1549 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 57–64 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 14 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 14 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Control | 6 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 25 | 61–43 | 58.7 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Infect | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 22 | 57–38 | 60.0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 22 | 57–38 | 60.0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 |