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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | 404–205 | 66.3 | 26 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 44 | 115–56 | 67.3 | 9 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Heroic | 14 | 37–14 | 72.5 | 4 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 11 | 30–10 | 75.0 | 3 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 15 | 43–20 | 68.3 | 3 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Upheaval Colossus | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Saffi Combo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 37 | 91–51 | 64.1 | 5 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 24 | 66–34 | 66.0 | 4 | ||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Pickles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 59 | 166–68 | 70.9 | 11 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Blink | 40 | 131–45 | 74.4 | 9 | ||
| Wave Blink | 40 | 131–45 | 74.4 | 9 | ||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 15 | 53–18 | 74.6 | 4 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 23 | 74–24 | 75.5 | 5 | ||
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Allies | 9 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 2 | ||
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Allies | 6 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 |
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