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 |
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180 | 238–221 | 51.9 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1966 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 15 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |||
Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Breakfast | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Oops All Spells | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ad Swanseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Restore Balance | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Control | 33 | 30–45 | 40.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 5 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Azorius Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Control | 21 | 26–31 | 45.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Orzhov Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 21 | 36–20 | 64.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Izzet Tempo | 16 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 0 | 3 | |
Wizards | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 97 | 152–121 | 55.7 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Mindcrank | 42 | 88–49 | 64.2 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Plasma Swans | 55 | 64–72 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Midrange | 10 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alchemist's Gambit
- Ancient Carp
- Baird, Argivian Recruiter
- Bitter Triumph
- Cheeky House-Mouse
- Consuming Tide
- Devilish Valet
- Devouring Sugarmaw
- Draugr Thought-Thief
- Electrostatic Infantry
- Evangel of Synthesis
- Haughty Djinn
- Ichor Drinker
- Invasion of New Phyrexia
- Iona, Shield of Emeria
- Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
- Jackdaw Savior
- Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Lazav, Familiar Stranger
- Long Goodbye
- Mayhem Patrol
- Overwhelming Forces
- Planar Incision
- Pugnacious Pugilist
- Royal Treatment
- Sauron's Ransom
- Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
- Suspicious Stowaway
- The Raven Man
- Unauthorized Exit
- Yavimaya Steelcrusher