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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 126–100 | 55.8 | 5 | 1495 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 25 | 58–46 | 55.8 | 2 | ||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 19 | 54–35 | 60.7 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Spirits | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 48–30 | 61.5 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 12 | 32–16 | 66.7 | 3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Assassin's Trophy
- Bartolomé del Presidio
- Grim Flayer
- Grist, Voracious Larva
- Hidden Nursery
- Inferno of the Star Mounts
- Mephitic Draught
- Misery's Shadow
- Neva, Stalked by Nightmares
- Oath of Nissa
- Oliphaunt
- Powerstone Fracture
- Rhonas the Indomitable
- Stargaze
- Supreme Phantom
- The Gitrog Monster
- The Necrobloom
- Twilight Mire
- Zoyowa Lava-Tongue