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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 310–287 | 51.9 | 8 | 8 | 1757 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 40–39 | 50.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 35 | 62–72 | 46.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Esper Control | 24 | 47–54 | 46.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dimir Control | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 87 | 194–167 | 53.7 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| The Rock | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 33 | 88–62 | 58.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 28 | 62–54 | 53.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 |