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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 84–86 | 49.4 | 10 | 1569 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 25 | 53–36 | 59.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 13 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| AggroSlide | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Cruel Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |