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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 204–138 | 59.6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1954 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 81–29 | 73.6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 19 | 61–20 | 75.3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 54–38 | 58.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 14 | 40–24 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Mutate | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 12 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 1 | ||
| Wild Pair | 7 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Acclaimed Contender
- Alpine Houndmaster
- Alpine Watchdog
- Alseid of Life's Bounty
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge
- Ancestral Anger
- Ancient Stirrings
- Apex of Power
- Bala Ged Recovery
- Barbed Batterfist
- Bloody Betrayal
- Bolt Hound
- Burning Hands
- Burning-Tree Emissary
- Caravan Escort
- Cauldron Familiar
- Chittering Rats
- Chromatic Star
- Cinderclasm
- Claim the Firstborn
- Colossal Plow
- Curse of the Pierced Heart
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- Daybreak Chimera
- Deflecting Palm
- End the Festivities
- Endbringer
- Everlasting Torment
- Expedition Map
- Exquisite Firecraft
- Fervent Champion
- Field of Ruin
- Firebolt
- Flamescroll Celebrant
- Flicker of Fate
- Frog Tongue
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Gavony Dawnguard
- Giant Ox
- Gingerbread Cabin
- Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer
- Goblin Bombardment
- Hazoret the Fervent
- Hope of Ghirapur
- Igneous Cur
- Karametra's Blessing
- Kumano Faces Kakkazan
- Leyline of Punishment
- Lingering Tormentor
- Lithomantic Barrage
- Marauding Raptor
- Migratory Greathorn
- Mogg Fanatic
- Molten Rain
- Nyx Herald
- Outland Liberator
- Overwhelmed Apprentice
- Pack's Betrayal
- Pharika's Libation
- Phoenix Chick
- Phyrexian Battleflies
- Piper of the Swarm
- Quartzwood Crasher
- Reclamation Sage
- Reinforced Ronin
- Rimrock Knight
- Rosethorn Halberd
- Samut's Sprint
- Sarulf's Packmate
- Sephara, Sky's Blade
- Shaile, Dean of Radiance
- Shared Summons
- Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
- Sovereign's Bite
- Syr Faren, the Hengehammer
- The Triumph of Anax
- Throne of Makindi
- Tooth and Nail
- Torch Song
- Trapped in the Tower
- Underworld Fires
- Underworld Rage-Hound
- Venerable Knight
- Viashino Pyromancer
- Wight
- Wildwood Tracker
- Witch's Oven
- Woodland Champion
- Worthy Knight
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster