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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170 | 193–261 | 42.5 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1359 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 103 | 126–158 | 44.4 | 2 | 23 | |
| Tokens | 38 | 35–58 | 37.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 29 | 19–40 | 32.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 9 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 20 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 2 | 6 | |
| White Weenie | 19 | 26–37 | 41.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 19–24 | 44.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tempered Steel | 16 | 19–24 | 44.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Combo | 14 | 13–27 | 32.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Twin | 10 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Control | 6 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 18 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Infect | 18 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | |||||
| Ramp | 17 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Greenpost | 17 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 4 |