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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 92–59 | 60.9 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1961 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hyperwave | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Control | 24 | 60–39 | 60.6 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 20 | 49–29 | 62.8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Adam's Ale | 18 | 45–27 | 62.5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Augury Adept
- Azorius Cluestone
- Azorius Guildmage
- Chamber Sentry
- Chromatic Lantern
- Circle of Flame
- Crystal Ball
- Dauntless River Marshal
- Elder of Laurels
- Flight Spellbomb
- Gideon's Intervention
- Goblin Dark-Dwellers
- Godhead of Awe
- Greater Realm of Preservation
- Hornet Sting
- Hunt the Hunter
- Ice Cage
- Jade Mage
- Krosan Reclamation
- Lone Missionary
- Nivix Guildmage
- Nurturer Initiate
- Penumbra Spider
- Phantom Nantuko
- Pulse of the Fields
- Sejiri Merfolk
- Serene Remembrance
- Skinshifter
- Sosuke's Summons
- Sphinx of Lost Truths
- Sygg, River Cutthroat
- Tibor and Lumia
- Wall of Spears
- Yamabushi's Storm