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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 146–133 | 52.3 | 10 | 1 | 1558 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 10 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Cruel Control | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 31 | 78–44 | 63.9 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 27 | 67–37 | 64.4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 37–34 | 52.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 23–21 | 52.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Angrath, the Flame-Chained
- Archangel of Wrath
- Basilisk Collar
- Bloodbraid Marauder
- Champion of the Parish
- Curse of Shaken Faith
- Dorothea, Vengeful Victim
- First Day of Class
- Glacial Crevasses
- Illuminate History
- Immersturm Skullcairn
- Magmatic Channeler
- March of Wretched Sorrow
- Mathas, Fiend Seeker
- Nissa, Vastwood Seer
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Phyrexian Missionary
- Poet's Quill
- Predatory Sliver
- Sinew Sliver
- Sliver Legion
- Soul of Emancipation
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Thundermaw Hellkite