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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | 225–362 | 38.3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1374 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 4–28 | 12.5 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 38 | 36–76 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 14 | 6–28 | 17.6 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Actual Twin | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 38 | 58–70 | 45.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 13 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 14 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 21 | 24–39 | 38.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Librarians | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Midrange | 71 | 90–131 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Blink | 18 | 28–33 | 45.9 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 18 | 28–33 | 45.9 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Angels | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth
- Analyze the Pollen
- Bandit's Talent
- Beluna Grandsquall
- Curious Inquiry
- Deputy of Detention
- Doomskar Warrior
- Ebondeath, Dracolich
- Feed the Cycle
- Frontier Seeker
- Hell to Pay
- Heroic Intervention
- Huatli, Poet of Unity
- Huskburster Swarm
- Malamet Battle Glyph
- Novice Inspector
- Osseous Sticktwister
- Prairie Dog
- Shoreline Looter
- Snooping Newsie
- Unyielding Gatekeeper
- Urborg Scavengers