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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 407–208 | 66.2 | 27 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 47 | 124–46 | 72.9 | 10 | ||
| Heroic | 10 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 35 | 99–33 | 75.0 | 9 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 24 | 59–23 | 72.0 | 4 | ||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 19 | 52–17 | 75.4 | 4 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 10 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 34 | 86–35 | 71.1 | 5 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 34 | 86–35 | 71.1 | 5 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 34 | 86–35 | 71.1 | 5 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 21 | 51–20 | 71.8 | 4 | ||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | |||
| Midrange | 48 | 83–64 | 56.5 | 4 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 22 | 36–30 | 54.5 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 19 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 2 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Capenna | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 8–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
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