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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 187–117 | 61.5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1966 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Goblins | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 40–22 | 64.5 | 3 | ||
| Reanimator | 6 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Reanimator | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Belcher | 14 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 2 | ||
| Endless Belch | 14 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 2 | ||
| Control | 34 | 46–34 | 57.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 12 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 6 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 13 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 18 | 34–19 | 64.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 18 | 34–19 | 64.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 17 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 16 | 27–20 | 57.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mindcrank | 14 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
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