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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | 323–275 | 54.0 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 1716 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 34 | 76–53 | 58.9 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Tokens | 15 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 14 | 36–24 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 2 | ||
| Soldiers | 1 | |||||
| Minotaurs | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 14 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 28 | 49–56 | 46.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 8 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 9 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 23 | 45–41 | 52.3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Curses | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pickles | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 15 | 35–25 | 58.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Midrange | 41 | 85–68 | 55.6 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | |||||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 13 | 41–19 | 68.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Allies | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Elementals | 4 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mutate | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Clerics | 6 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ramp | 15 | 34–30 | 53.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Villainous Wealth | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Attrition
- Carnage Tyrant
- Deploy the Gatewatch
- Diregraf Captain
- End-Raze Forerunners
- Helium Squirter
- Humble Naturalist
- Invasion of Ixalan
- Kabira Takedown
- Kogla, the Titan Ape
- Lazotep Reaver
- Liliana Vess
- Plague Wight
- Ral's Outburst
- Ramunap Excavator
- Rock Slide
- Shadowborn Demon
- Sporeback Troll
- Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- Waterknot