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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 127–161 | 44.1 | 2 | 1 | 1151 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 22–26 | 45.8 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Sultai Control | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 29–31 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 14 | 29–30 | 49.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 28 | 24–54 | 30.8 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Esper Wave | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Treefolk | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Vampires | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Ramp | 17 | 47–36 | 56.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eureka! | 17 | 47–36 | 56.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Admonition Angel
- Blood Artist
- Borborygmos
- Dirge Bat
- Dismiss into Dream
- Dragon Turtle
- Dragonskull Summit
- Dream Trawler
- Dying to Serve
- Ecologist's Terrarium
- Ethersworn Adjudicator
- Jwari Disruption
- Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- Mayael the Anima
- Muddle the Mixture
- Nimbus Maze
- Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
- Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
- Runic Armasaur
- Shipwreck Dowser
- Silundi Vision
- Thornling
- Village Rites
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan