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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 172–74 | 69.9 | 2 | 16 | 2382 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 25 | 50–17 | 74.6 | 6 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 6 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Actual Twin | 15 | 39–10 | 79.6 | 5 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 15 | 39–10 | 79.6 | 5 | ||
| Control | 31 | 70–26 | 72.9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 19 | 55–14 | 79.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Wizards | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hive Mind | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 |
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