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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238 | 536–284 | 65.4 | 31 | 1871 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 75 | 194–87 | 69.0 | 14 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 20 | 50–28 | 64.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 16 | 43–22 | 66.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 46 | 126–48 | 72.4 | 12 | ||
| Zombies | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 63 | 151–70 | 68.3 | 9 | ||
| Reanimator | 51 | 127–59 | 68.3 | 8 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 47 | 118–55 | 68.2 | 7 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 34 | 84–40 | 67.7 | 5 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 7 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 27 | 64–31 | 67.4 | 4 | ||
| Esper Control | 6 | 19–5 | 79.2 | 2 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 8 | 18–11 | 62.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 12 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 11 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 49 | 95–61 | 60.9 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 24 | 61–29 | 67.8 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 20–14 | 58.8 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider