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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 143–201 | 41.6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1328 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 37 | 63–69 | 47.7 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Elves | 10 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zombies | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Affinity | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 11–30 | 26.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 9 | 6–17 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 27 | 46–50 | 47.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fake-Rack | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 9 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 13 | 12–26 | 31.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 9 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Golgari Post | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Akroma's Memorial
- Barrowin of Clan Undurr
- Battle-Mad Ronin
- Bayou Groff
- Bloodchief Ascension
- Closing Statement
- Cockatrice
- Craw Giant
- Crypt Ripper
- Daemogoth Woe-Eater
- Decisive Denial
- Dina, Soul Steeper
- Dong Zhou, the Tyrant
- Environmental Sciences
- Expel
- Firja, Judge of Valor
- Fraying Omnipotence
- Gabriel Angelfire
- Go Blank
- Goremand
- Guttural Response
- Introduction to Annihilation
- Introduction to Prophecy
- Iridescent Angel
- Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
- Kianne, Dean of Substance
- Killian, Ink Duelist
- Marhault Elsdragon
- Phobian Phantasm
- Professor of Symbology
- Quandrix Campus
- Reduce to Memory
- Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Royal Decree
- Shadewing Laureate
- Silverquill Campus
- Solve the Equation
- Spire Owl
- Stonebinder's Familiar
- The Circle of Loyalty
- Tormented Angel
- Trusted Advisor
- Uvilda, Dean of Perfection
- Witherbloom Campus
- Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker