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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 504–253 | 66.6 | 26 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 48 | 121–62 | 66.1 | 6 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 44–18 | 71.0 | 4 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 15 | 35–21 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 26–12 | 68.4 | |||
| Affinity | 9 | 26–12 | 68.4 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 25–18 | 58.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Grozoth | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Control | 25 | 54–38 | 58.7 | 2 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 10 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 9 | 24–13 | 64.9 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 9 | 24–13 | 64.9 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 24 | 78–31 | 71.6 | 3 | ||
| Aristocrats | 24 | 78–31 | 71.6 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 23 | 74–30 | 71.2 | 3 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 69–26 | 72.6 | 6 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pickles | 17 | 61–22 | 73.5 | 5 | ||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 49 | 133–64 | 67.5 | 7 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Jund | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 13 | 42–16 | 72.4 | 1 | ||
| Allies | 19 | 57–22 | 72.2 | 4 | ||
| Mardu Allies | 12 | 36–11 | 76.6 | 3 | ||
| Mono White Allies | 7 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Vat | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Sultai Emerge | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 0–1 | 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