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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 101–85 | 54.3 | 3 | 4 | 1643 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Living Death | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 42–29 | 59.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Control | 19 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 14 | 34–18 | 65.4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Akiri, Fearless Voyager
- Ball Lightning
- Basic Conjuration
- Bloodvial Purveyor
- Bookwurm
- Born to Drive
- Bronzehide Lion
- Chandra Ablaze
- Chant of Vitu-Ghazi
- Deadeye Tracker
- Devoted Druid
- Dirge of Dread
- Dread Wanderer
- Duskmantle Seer
- Efreet Flamepainter
- Elemental Summoning
- Eureka Moment
- Feline Sovereign
- Fungal Infection
- Gigantosaurus
- Glass of the Guildpact
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Gorilla War Cry
- Guul Draz Overseer
- Harald Unites the Elves
- Harald, King of Skemfar
- Hidden Stockpile
- Hornet Queen
- Igneous Inspiration
- Imperial Recovery Unit
- Inferno Hellion
- Ironroot Warlord
- It That Betrays
- Josu Vess, Lich Knight
- King Narfi's Betrayal
- Kor Blademaster
- Leonin Lightscribe
- Leonin Warleader
- Liliana's Devotee
- Masako the Humorless
- Massacre Girl
- Mechtitan Core
- Nyxathid
- One with the Stars
- Paladin of Prahv
- Phalanx Formation
- Poison the Cup
- Porphyry Nodes
- Prismwake Merrow
- Prophetic Flamespeaker
- Quandrix Apprentice
- Rain of Daggers
- Response // Resurgence
- Rootwater Thief
- Rune of Speed
- Sarkhan's Unsealing
- Smoldering Marsh
- Squirrel Nest
- Start from Scratch
- Temur Battle Rage
- Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
- Winding Way
- Withering Hex
- Wound Reflection