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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 139–129 | 51.9 | 4 | 1545 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Control | 14 | 14–32 | 30.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mill | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 30 | 75–51 | 59.5 | 2 | ||
| Blink | 7 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |||
| Wave Blink | 7 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| Clerics | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Death Cloud | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 |