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 2 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 135–208 | 39.4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1298 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 24 | 16–42 | 27.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rogues | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 8–40 | 16.7 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 16 | 7–29 | 19.4 | |||
| Control | 13 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 37 | 70–62 | 53.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 23 | 50–35 | 58.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Simic Infect | 23 | 50–35 | 58.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Blue Madness | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Boros Allies | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Adventures | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Bilbo's Ring
- Bonecache Overseer
- Bootleggers' Stash
- Breakthrough
- Drown in Ichor
- Elvish Doomsayer
- Lifecreed Duo
- Lighthouse Chronologist
- Mech Hangar
- Mobilizer Mech
- Prodigy's Prototype
- Raven of Fell Omens
- Reckless Crew
- Rielle, the Everwise
- Rubblebelt Maverick
- Shadow-Rite Priest
- Snarling Gorehound
- Taurean Mauler
- Tempest Hart
- Thirsting Roots
- Time of Heroes
- Tinybones Joins Up
- Torrent Elemental
- Unnatural Restoration
- Voldaren Estate
- Waterlogged Hulk
- Writhing Necromass