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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 138–105 | 56.8 | 8 | 6 | 2228 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 44–27 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 23–16 | 59.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 38 | 86–67 | 56.2 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Five Color Control | 29 | 62–51 | 54.9 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Last Stand Control | 29 | 62–51 | 54.9 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aragorn, the Uniter
- Berserk
- Bitterblossom
- Boom Box
- Bushwhack
- Confounding Riddle
- Cryptic Command
- Deadly Riposte
- Doors of Durin
- Ebon Dragon
- Ertai Resurrected
- Horned Loch-Whale
- Hostile Takeover
- Kenrith, the Returned King
- Kroxa and Kunoros
- Lightning Helix
- Moonveil Regent
- Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- Omnath, Locus of All
- Outrageous Robbery
- Pick Your Poison
- Rankle's Prank
- Sentinel of Lost Lore
- Sleep-Cursed Faerie
- Sword of Light and Shadow
- Take Up the Shield
- Tectonic Hazard
- Thrun, the Last Troll
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets
- Underground River
- Vendilion Clique
- Verdant Mastery