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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 280–289 | 49.2 | 3 | 7 | 1656 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 20–28 | 41.7 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Madness | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 66 | 92–103 | 47.2 | 1 | ||
| Soulflayer | 28 | 57–41 | 58.2 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Polymorph | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 13 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Amalia Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 23 | 16–33 | 32.7 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 12 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Greasefang | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 53 | 94–77 | 55.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Orzhov Allies | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 37 | 76–51 | 59.8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Mardu Hero | 12 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Hero | 19 | 48–25 | 65.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Simic Snow | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Applejacks | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abiding Grace
- Case of the Stashed Skeleton
- Chameleon Colossus
- Dennick, Pious Apprentice
- Dragon's Approach
- Dreadbore
- Drogskol Reaver
- Fecundity
- Frost Titan
- General Ferrous Rokiric
- Harmonic Prodigy
- Meddling Mage
- Moon-Blessed Cleric
- Oblivious Bookworm
- Overwhelming Splendor
- Patchwork Beastie
- Polukranos, Unchained
- Quandrix Cultivator
- Slagwoods Bridge
- Squirrel Mob
- Squirrel Sanctuary
- Squirrel Sovereign
- Timeless Witness