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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 118–46 | 72.0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2093 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 28 | 96–33 | 74.4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Reanimator | 20 | 68–22 | 75.6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Living Death | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 19 | 67–21 | 76.1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 19 | 67–21 | 76.1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 1 | ||
| Control | 7 | 17–6 | 73.9 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Wight | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Byway Barterer
- Crater Elemental
- Darkblast
- Elvish Lyrist
- Fire-Lit Thicket
- Gnarlroot Trapper
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Irreverent Gremlin
- Linvala, the Preserver
- Muzzio, Visionary Architect
- Mystic Melting
- Niv-Mizzet Reborn
- Parting Thoughts
- Rakdos Augermage
- Reduce // Rubble
- Serra the Benevolent
- Stab
- Stinkweed Imp
- Sundering Titan
- Sundial of the Infinite
- The First Eruption
- Tribal Forcemage