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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 166–62 | 72.8 | 1 | 18 | 2416 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 33 | 93–22 | 80.9 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Heroic | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 65–12 | 84.4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Tokens | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 17–15 | 53.1 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Twin | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 7 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 19–4 | 82.6 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 14 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 2 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 10 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Greasefang | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 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