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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | 350–222 | 61.2 | 13 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 47–25 | 65.3 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 9 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 9 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 22 | 44–29 | 60.3 | 2 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 14 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 87 | 175–116 | 60.1 | 5 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 17 | 41–20 | 67.2 | 2 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 27 | 61–40 | 60.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 12 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 20 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 2 | ||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 16 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Legends | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 23–15 | 60.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 32–13 | 71.1 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 2 | ||
| Greenpost | 7 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 2 |
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