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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 226–63 | 78.2 | 23 | 2514 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 39–8 | 83.0 | 4 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 12 | 36–11 | 76.6 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| High Tide | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 4 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | ||
| Tameshi Bloom | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 15 | 51–10 | 83.6 | 6 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 11 | 38–7 | 84.4 | 5 | ||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 9 | 37–5 | 88.1 | 5 | ||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 74–22 | 77.1 | 8 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 19 | 62–16 | 79.5 | 7 | ||
| Wave Blink | 19 | 62–16 | 79.5 | 7 | ||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 15 | 48–11 | 81.4 | 6 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 15–3 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
- Ardent Plea
- Breeches, Eager Pillager
- Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
- Channel
- Demonic Dread
- Elspeth, Knight-Errant
- Graveyard Marshal
- Infernal Reckoning
- Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
- Nahiri, the Unforgiving
- Palace Siege
- Prohibit
- Savior of Ollenbock
- Sigardian Savior
- Steel Hellkite
- Tendo Ice Bridge
- Unearth
- Vraska's Contempt