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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 127–178 | 41.6 | 1 | 9 | 1439 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 68 | 79–103 | 43.4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 26 | 32–40 | 44.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| White Weenie | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Affinity | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 7 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Rats | 8 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 19 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Living Death | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Warp World | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Lands | 11 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Ninjas | 7 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | |||||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aftermath Analyst
- Augur of Autumn
- Brave-Kin Duo
- Cenote Scout
- Clockwork Percussionist
- Escape Tunnel
- Family Reunion
- Flowerfoot Swordmaster
- Fugitive Codebreaker
- Hylda's Crown of Winter
- Mouse Trapper
- Persistent Marshstalker
- Piggy Bank
- Rampaging Brontodon
- Shifting Ceratops
- Torch the Tower
- Vedalken Infiltrator
- Whiskerquill Scribe