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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | 273–123 | 68.9 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 2382 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 42 | 71–37 | 65.7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Heroic | 12 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono White Heroic | 12 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 8 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 35 | 65–30 | 68.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Storm | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 17 | 36–15 | 70.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Belcher | 7 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 11 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 26 | 73–20 | 78.5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 26 | 73–20 | 78.5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 26 | 73–20 | 78.5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 3 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- +2 Mace
- Adarkar Wastes
- Ajani, Caller of the Pride
- Blessed Defiance
- Brightling
- Chainer, Nightmare Adept
- Chancellor of the Tangle
- Combat Thresher
- Damn
- Daybreak Coronet
- Defiler of Vigor
- Demonic Bargain
- Doomsday Excruciator
- Dread Fugue
- Dread Presence
- Echoing Return
- Falkenrath Pit Fighter
- Flourishing Strike
- Forbidden Orchard
- Free from Flesh
- Homestead Courage
- Invasion of Dominaria
- Kytheon, Hero of Akros
- Mind Flayer
- Mistbreath Elder
- Myr Scrapling
- Night // Day
- Power Word Kill
- Recruitment Officer
- Render Inert
- Search the Premises
- Servant of the Stinger
- Sinister Starfish
- Slumbering Keepguard
- Soulfire Grand Master
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Thorn of Amethyst
- Thran Portal
- Titania's Command
- Tragic Fall
- Urza's Mine
- Urza's Power Plant
- Urza's Tower
- Veteran Survivor
- Westgate Regent