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 12 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 86–84 | 50.6 | 2 | 1563 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 7 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 16–7 | 69.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 36–35 | 50.7 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | |||||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | |||||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Séance | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |