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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 109–258 | 29.7 | 1008 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 34 | 53–95 | 35.8 | |||
| Heroic | 13 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 13 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Illusions | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 15–54 | 21.7 | |||
| Storm | 13 | 11–43 | 20.4 | |||
| High Tide | 9 | 9–36 | 20.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 6–27 | 18.2 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 30 | 35–82 | 29.9 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Acid Trip | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Big Red | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 |