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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 80–84 | 48.8 | 2 | 2036 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 14 | 36–20 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Cats | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Cats | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Avalanche Caller
- Deduce
- Demon Bolt
- Epic Experiment
- Fauna Shaman
- Flame-Blessed Bolt
- Illustrious Historian
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- Moderation
- Nested Shambler
- Picnic Ruiner
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- Scorn Effigy
- Silver Drake
- Sunrise Cavalier
- Vampires' Vengeance
- Veteran Brawlers
- You Find the Villains' Lair