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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 217–224 | 49.2 | 3 | 1551 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 34 | 81–69 | 54.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Proliferate Red | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Mardu Life | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Control | 14 | 25–26 | 49.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | |||||
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |||
| Simic Flash | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 64–72 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Acid Trip | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Constellation | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elementals | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Akki Rockspeaker
- Akoum Hellkite
- Aura Finesse
- Blightcaster
- Captain's Call
- Dusk // Dawn
- Hunted Witness
- In Bolas's Clutches
- Intimidator Initiate
- Knollspine Invocation
- Marchesa's Decree
- Mourning
- Oversoul of Dusk
- Oxidda Scrapmelter
- Pilgrim of Justice
- Ranging Raptors
- Raptor Hatchling
- Rites of Initiation
- Roterothopter
- Savage Stomp
- Screams from Within
- Soul Swallower
- Stream of Consciousness
- Thran Temporal Gateway
- Time to Feed
- Voices from the Void
- Witches' Eye
- Wormfang Drake