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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 289–88 | 76.7 | 1 | 29 | 2514 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 5 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 8 | 25–3 | 89.3 | 5 | ||
| Control | 56 | 159–45 | 77.9 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Dimir Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 5 | 18–2 | 90.0 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 43 | 135–34 | 79.9 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 13 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 2 | ||
| Food | 13 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 29–8 | 78.4 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 14–3 | 82.4 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 12 | 34–10 | 77.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 33–9 | 78.6 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 10 | 29–8 | 78.4 | 2 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
- Ardent Plea
- Breeches, Eager Pillager
- Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
- Channel
- Demonic Dread
- Elspeth, Knight-Errant
- Graveyard Marshal
- Infernal Reckoning
- Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
- Nahiri, the Unforgiving
- Palace Siege
- Prohibit
- Savior of Ollenbock
- Sigardian Savior
- Steel Hellkite
- Tendo Ice Bridge
- Unearth
- Vraska's Contempt