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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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29 | 92–49 | 65.2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2243 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 19 | 55–34 | 61.8 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Aristocrats | 19 | 55–34 | 61.8 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 17 | 49–30 | 62.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Midrange | 9 | 30–14 | 68.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Blink | 8 | 27–12 | 69.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Wave Blink | 8 | 27–12 | 69.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Azorius Wave | 8 | 27–12 | 69.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Clerics | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Auntie's Hovel
- Blessing of Frost
- Coldsteel Heart
- Copper Myr
- Crescendo of War
- Crested Herdcaller
- Dunerider Outlaw
- Ephara, God of the Polis
- Foster
- Foul Play
- Frogtosser Banneret
- Garza's Assassin
- Gloom Surgeon
- Gnawing Zombie
- Goblin Lackey
- Gold Myr
- Hostage Taker
- In the Web of War
- Keeper of the Dead
- Kinsbaile Skirmisher
- Manakin
- Orzhov Pontiff
- Palace Familiar
- Putrid Goblin
- Qarsi High Priest
- Quag Sickness
- Quicksmith Spy
- Roc Egg
- Sage of Lat-Nam
- Seedcradle Witch
- Sharding Sphinx
- Sling-Gang Lieutenant
- Soliton
- Soulcatchers' Aerie
- Soulquake
- Sparksmith
- Strangling Soot
- Sylvan Hierophant
- Thieving Magpie
- Urborg Elf
- Vedalken Mastermind
- Verdant Succession
- Whisperwood Elemental