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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 277–240 | 53.6 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1727 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 57 | 148–93 | 61.4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Dimir Control | 7 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 16 | 45–23 | 66.2 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Control | 29 | 78–49 | 61.4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 54–42 | 56.3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 18 | 43–27 | 61.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 23 | 43–56 | 43.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Elementals | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Field Ramp | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Chittering Skitterling
- Exotic Orchard
- Fallaji Dragon Engine
- Finneas, Ace Archer
- Harvestrite Host
- Leyline of Transformation
- Lupinflower Village
- Martyrs' Tomb
- Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
- Ophiomancer
- Ring of Three Wishes
- Ruthless Negotiation
- Sustaining Spirit
- Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
- Valley Questcaller
- Wall of Glare
- Wick, the Whorled Mind