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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 196–113 | 63.4 | 1 | 10 | 1884 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 21 | 71–24 | 74.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Storm | 21 | 71–24 | 74.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| High Tide | 21 | 71–24 | 74.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Control | 48 | 97–73 | 57.1 | 3 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 23 | 45–34 | 57.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 19 | 46–32 | 59.0 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 |
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