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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 129–175 | 42.4 | 1 | 3 | 1516 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 33 | 26–57 | 31.3 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 14 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 32–38 | 45.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Cruel Control | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Bant Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 | ||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 11–30 | 26.8 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Neoform | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 17–14 | 54.8 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 14–3 | 82.4 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aven Fleetwing
- Biomathematician
- Blitz Automaton
- Blood Cultist
- Cast Through Time
- Cloud Key
- Cormela, Glamour Thief
- Death's-Head Buzzard
- Elite Instructor
- Enigmatic Incarnation
- Forbidden Friendship
- Govern the Guildless
- Hammer Dropper
- Inga Rune-Eyes
- Mandible Justiciar
- Marrow-Gnawer
- Maw of the Obzedat
- Nyxborn Colossus
- Orzhov Locket
- Radha, Coalition Warlord
- Rakdos Locket
- Sage of Mysteries
- Skyward Eye Prophets
- Swathcutter Giant
- Tel-Jilad Defiance
- Thassa's Devourer
- The Autonomous Furnace
- Titanic Ultimatum
- Vigil for the Lost