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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | 542–271 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 66 | 187–81 | 69.8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 15 | 44–21 | 67.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 12 | 32–13 | 71.1 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 12 | 32–13 | 71.1 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 21 | 66–25 | 72.5 | 4 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 12 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 3 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 22 | 51–29 | 63.8 | 3 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 15 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 2 | ||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 15 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 2 | ||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 15 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 2 | ||
| Control | 17 | 43–25 | 63.2 | 3 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 12 | 37–17 | 68.5 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 43–33 | 56.6 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 12 | 32–18 | 64.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Gush | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pickles | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 61 | 159–73 | 68.5 | 8 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 42 | 118–50 | 70.2 | 6 | ||
| Wave Blink | 42 | 118–50 | 70.2 | 6 | ||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 35 | 108–40 | 73.0 | 6 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 13 | 43–16 | 72.9 | 3 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 13 | 43–16 | 72.9 | 3 | ||
| Channel-Rofellos | 13 | 43–16 | 72.9 | 3 |
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