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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 238–359 | 39.9 | 2 | 1297 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 39–36 | 52.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Hellbent | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 28 | 43–50 | 46.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 23–43 | 34.8 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Blackpost | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 23 | 29–49 | 37.2 | 1 | ||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 18 | 26–37 | 41.3 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 18 | 26–37 | 41.3 | 1 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 12 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 65 | 81–136 | 37.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 14 | 16–26 | 38.1 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Wave Blink | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 12 | 10–26 | 27.8 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 12 | 10–26 | 27.8 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aladdin
- Ali from Cairo
- Bogardan Dragonheart
- Brash Taunter
- Chisei, Heart of Oceans
- Countersquall
- Dogged Hunter
- Duskfang Mentor
- Field Trip
- Flood of Tears
- Golem Artisan
- Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
- Hell's Caretaker
- Hoard Robber
- Iroas's Blessing
- Kaervek, the Spiteful
- Lesser Gargadon
- Lightning Greaves
- Márton Stromgald
- Nimbus Naiad
- Orcish Cannonade
- Root Greevil
- Rune of Mortality
- Samite Archer
- Sheltered Thicket
- Sorrow's Path
- Swan Song
- Sword of the Paruns
- Tattoo Ward
- Thassa's Intervention
- Tree of Redemption
- Umori, the Collector
- Waking the Trolls
- Wizard Mentor