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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 264–211 | 55.6 | 2 | 6 | 1875 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 29–32 | 47.5 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 41 | 108–67 | 61.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Storm | 24 | 66–41 | 61.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 23 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 4 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 13 | 37–24 | 60.7 | 2 | ||
| Control | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 33–15 | 68.8 | 2 | ||
| Ninjas | 11 | 33–15 | 68.8 | 2 | ||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 45 | 84–86 | 49.4 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Jund | 20 | 33–44 | 42.9 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Wave | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 17 | 32–30 | 51.6 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcanist's Owl
- Banefire
- Blind with Anger
- Caribou Range
- Chronosavant
- Circle of Protection: Red
- Conjurer's Closet
- Crux of Fate
- Dark-Dweller Oracle
- Enchanted Evening
- Exalted Angel
- Fyndhorn Pollen
- Hellraiser Goblin
- Ideas Unbound
- Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
- Midnight Clock
- Mythos of Vadrok
- Ohran Viper
- Old Man of the Sea
- Reprobation
- Rootrunner
- Sarkhan the Masterless
- Sublime Epiphany
- Syr Carah, the Bold
- Terastodon
- Tidespout Tyrant
- Witching Well