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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 444–192 | 69.8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 1898 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 32–16 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 25–12 | 67.6 | |||
| Affinity | 8 | 25–12 | 67.6 | |||
| Combo | 55 | 150–70 | 68.2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Storm | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
| Dredge | 36 | 118–41 | 74.2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 35 | 124–37 | 77.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Esper Control | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mill | 30 | 103–33 | 75.7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 2 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Pickles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 2 | ||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Heart of Darkness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ramp | 27 | 71–39 | 64.5 | 5 | ||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 26 | 67–38 | 63.8 | 5 | ||
| Historic Bloom | 13 | 38–16 | 70.4 | 3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Archway Angel
- Basking Capybara
- Blood Aspirant
- Blood for Bones
- Borrowed Malevolence
- Callous Dismissal
- Colossification
- Commune with Evil
- Conflagrate
- Cragganwick Cremator
- Crush the Weak
- Dauntless Escort
- Depart the Realm
- Dictate of Karametra
- Dreampod Druid
- Empty the Catacombs
- Endless One
- Evolution Sage
- Gateway Sneak
- Glaze Fiend
- Haru-Onna
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- Inspired Inventor
- Intruder Alarm
- Jokulhaups
- Kami of False Hope
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain
- Kemuri-Onna
- Kiln Fiend
- Krosan Druid
- Mastermind's Acquisition
- Merfolk Skydiver
- Mind Harness
- Nether Traitor
- Overwhelming Remorse
- Portent of Calamity
- Prosperous Innkeeper
- Reviving Melody
- Salvage Scout
- Sarinth Steelseeker
- Scholar of the Ages
- Scrabbling Skullcrab
- Scrapwork Mutt
- Shifting Wall
- Slaughter-Priest of Mogis
- Squee, Goblin Nabob
- Stingerback Terror
- Storm Herald
- The Elderspell
- Tidal Warrior
- Tin Street Dodger
- Tomebound Lich
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Wild Slash
- Worship
- Yuki-Onna