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.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 159–96 | 62.4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1825 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 42–20 | 67.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 23–9 | 71.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 42–25 | 62.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 7 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Twin | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Control | 24 | 51–36 | 58.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | |||||
| Boros Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 14 | 28–20 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 3 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 10 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 9 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 |