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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | 227–401 | 36.1 | 3 | 2 | 1263 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 10–33 | 23.3 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Tokens | 9 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 71 | 77–124 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 18 | 17–29 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 17 | 26–36 | 41.9 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 30 | 33–48 | 40.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 30 | 33–48 | 40.7 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| 12 Pest | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 67 | 73–122 | 37.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| Wave Blink | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 22 | 29–42 | 40.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mutate | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 29 | 38–58 | 39.6 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 20 | 27–42 | 39.1 | 1 | ||
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 17 | 24–38 | 38.7 | 1 | ||
| Defenders | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arboretum Elemental
- Arguel's Blood Fast
- Aurelia's Vindicator
- Battle at the Bridge
- Break Down the Door
- Caustic Tar
- Centaur Peacemaker
- Chancellor of the Forge
- Deity of Scars
- Dissection Tools
- Gempalm Sorcerer
- Growing Dread
- Insatiable Hemophage
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Mask of Immolation
- Metalwork Colossus
- Overgrown Battlement
- Ovinomancer
- Paranormal Analyst
- Pollywog Symbiote
- Porcuparrot
- Recruit the Worthy
- Savage Firecat
- Shifting Borders
- Sprouting Renewal
- Sudden Disappearance
- Suppress
- Threats Around Every Corner
- Timebender
- Twist Reality
- Uncage the Menagerie
- Unnerving Grasp
- Valgavoth's Onslaught
- Void Mirror
- Winter Moon
- Words of Wilding