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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 170–113 | 60.1 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 1891 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 8 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Boros Humans | 7 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bard Class | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 37 | 85–50 | 63.0 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
| Warp World | 33 | 80–44 | 64.5 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| Boros Glimpse | 33 | 80–44 | 64.5 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| Restore Balance | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 8 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Midrange | 14 | 30–26 | 53.6 | 1 | 9 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 10 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 9 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 |