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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | 275–161 | 63.1 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 1966 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 37 | 49–39 | 55.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 8 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 11 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 12 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 44 | 114–50 | 69.5 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Infect | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 36 | 106–41 | 72.1 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 9 | 24–7 | 77.4 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 24 | 75–30 | 71.4 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 18 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 18 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 16 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Combo-Control | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Midrange | 35 | 64–38 | 62.7 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Blink | 20 | 45–22 | 67.2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Wave Blink | 20 | 45–22 | 67.2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Azorius Wave | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 13 | 36–16 | 69.2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Allies | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
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