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 3 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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59 | 126–90–5 | 58.3 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1658 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
White Weenie | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Slivers | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Combo | 7 | 12–9–1 | 57.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 3 | 7–5–1 | 58.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Necro Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Deathmantle Necro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | |||||
Control | 30 | 65–42–2 | 60.7 | 2 | 6 | |
Mono Black Control | 7 | 24–11–2 | 68.6 | 1 | 5 | |
Esper Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Azorius Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Izzet Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Boros Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Cruel Control | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Stax | 10 | 23–13 | 63.9 | |||
Birthday Stax | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 3 | 10–5–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Displace Loop | 3 | 10–5–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Peregrine Drake | 3 | 10–5–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Midrange | 4 | 6–8–1 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Abzan Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Big Red | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–1–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Ramp | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Villainous Wealth | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
Greenpost | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Akoum Firebird
- Akrasan Squire
- Argentum Armor
- Aspect of Mongoose
- Benevolent Bodyguard
- Bident of Thassa
- Bleak Coven Vampires
- Cabal Ritual
- Channel the Suns
- Children of Korlis
- Cloud of Faeries
- Clutch of the Undercity
- Deadeye Navigator
- Deathless Angel
- Decree of Silence
- Dementia Sliver
- Demonic Consultation
- Devout Witness
- Dinrova Horror
- Dormant Sliver
- Dragon's Claw
- Duergar Assailant
- Exorcist
- Faerie Impostor
- Faerie Mechanist
- Filigree Familiar
- Grave Upheaval
- Ground Assault
- Hibernation Sliver
- High Priest of Penance
- Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
- Kiku, Night's Flower
- Marionette Master
- Mark of Asylum
- Mending Touch
- Mind's Desire
- Mindlash Sliver
- Oppression
- Orazca Relic
- Ornamental Courage
- Oxidize
- Palinchron
- Planar Guide
- Plumeveil
- Quest for the Holy Relic
- Rending Vines
- Scarab Feast
- Scarblade Elite
- Screeching Sliver
- Shimian Specter
- Skirsdag Flayer
- Skirsdag High Priest
- Skyshroud Ranger
- Slaughter Games
- Soul Burn
- Temple of Mystery
- Think Twice
- Visara the Dreadful