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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 | 609–259 | 70.2 | 43 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 124 | 416–123 | 77.2 | 33 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 45–19 | 70.3 | 2 | ||
| Tokens | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 24–3 | 88.9 | 3 | ||
| White Weenie | 70 | 250–59 | 80.9 | 22 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 14 | 40–16 | 71.4 | 4 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 9 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 2 | ||
| Gruul Humans | 9 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 20 | 49–20 | 71.0 | 3 | ||
| Reanimator | 20 | 49–20 | 71.0 | 3 | ||
| Grozoth | 17 | 42–15 | 73.7 | 3 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Control | 10 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 51–30 | 63.0 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 16 | 41–20 | 67.2 | 2 | ||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 14 | 41–16 | 71.9 | 2 | ||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tetsukotog | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 44 | 74–60 | 55.2 | 5 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Vampires | 9 | 29–10 | 74.4 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Vampires | 9 | 29–10 | 74.4 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Verdant Succession | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Vat | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider