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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 147–118 | 55.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1696 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 25 | 71–43 | 62.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 15 | 44–25 | 63.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 8 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 33–25 | 56.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Infect | 9 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 7 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 13–1 | 92.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 13–1 | 92.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 |