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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 134–51 | 72.4 | 1 | 12 | 2386 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Necro Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 6 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | ||
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 86–21 | 80.4 | 7 | ||
| Blink | 19 | 62–12 | 83.8 | 6 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 19 | 62–12 | 83.8 | 6 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Unclassified | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
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