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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 117–160 | 42.2 | 1 | 1431 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 11–32 | 25.6 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 17 | 14–26 | 35.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 19 | 31–29 | 51.7 | 1 | ||
| Pickles | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 8 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 31–28 | 52.5 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Argivian Phalanx
- Barrow Naughty
- Beaming Defiance
- Blade Sliver
- Feast of Sanity
- Fleshtaker
- Fury of the Horde
- Grey Host Reinforcements
- Hall of Tagsin
- Hateflayer
- Hooded Hydra
- Mind's Dilation
- Nahiri's Resolve
- Overwhelmed Archivist
- Picklock Prankster
- Rotisserie Elemental
- Seize the Storm
- Spell Stutter
- Spellrune Painter
- Stolen Vitality
- Vault Robber
- Venser, the Sojourner
- Voldaren Ambusher