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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 432–288 | 60.0 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 2387 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 47 | 79–52 | 60.3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Heroic | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 28 | 53–32 | 62.4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 28 | 53–32 | 62.4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Elves | 8 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 144 | 272–165 | 62.2 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| Storm | 36 | 90–41 | 68.7 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 36 | 90–41 | 68.7 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Reanimator | 74 | 153–89 | 63.2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 71 | 147–86 | 63.1 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 61 | 127–71 | 64.1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 10 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 47 | 65–50 | 56.5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 17 | 25–17 | 59.5 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Value Town | 17 | 25–17 | 59.5 | 2 | ||
| Blink | 22 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Wave Blink | 22 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Orzhov Wave | 22 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mutate | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
- Banishing Knack
- Bar the Door
- Bone Shards
- Corridor Monitor
- Eureka
- Fractal Summoning
- Gaddock Teeg
- Garrison Cat
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Ghoulcaller's Harvest
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Herald of Hadar
- High Tide
- Hurly-Burly
- Ichorid
- Kudo, King Among Bears
- Lead the Stampede
- Locthwain Gargoyle
- Mercurial Transformation
- Rapacious One
- Redcap Melee
- Sandstorm Salvager
- Satyr's Cunning
- Selfless Savior
- Shield Mate
- Slip Out the Back
- Soul-Guide Lantern
- The Underworld Cookbook
- Thousand-Year Storm
- Vampire Opportunist
- Venerated Loxodon
- Vengeful Dead
- Vigorous Charge
- Vilis, Broker of Blood
- Whipflare