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 8 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 264–123 | 68.2 | 19 | 2021 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 54–10 | 84.4 | 8 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | |||||
| Tokens | 6 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 2 | ||
| Voltron | 6 | 23–3 | 88.5 | 3 | ||
| Hateful Auras | 6 | 23–3 | 88.5 | 3 | ||
| Knights | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Cats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 15 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | |||||
| Dragon Control | 1 | |||||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | |||||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | |||||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 63 | 168–82 | 67.2 | 10 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 43 | 129–53 | 70.9 | 8 | ||
| Mardu Legends | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 21 | 67–31 | 68.4 | 3 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Adorned Pouncer
- Ajani Goldmane
- Akroma, Angel of Fury
- Angel of Sanctions
- Angelic Destiny
- Aphemia, the Cacophony
- Bant Sureblade
- Benalish Honor Guard
- Blossoming Sands
- Captain Lannery Storm
- Chandra, the Firebrand
- Chandra's Triumph
- D'Avenant Trapper
- Dawn of Hope
- Depose // Deploy
- Dire Tactics
- Elite Guardmage
- Fight with Fire
- Fortified Village
- General's Enforcer
- Geomancer's Gambit
- Gideon Jura
- Goatnap
- Hashep Oasis
- Hateful Eidolon
- Inevitable End
- Interplanar Beacon
- Ipnu Rivulet
- Isareth the Awakener
- Justice Strike
- Kessig Wolf Run
- Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
- Knight of New Alara
- Mausoleum Secrets
- Molderhulk
- Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
- Nightmare Shepherd
- Obzedat, Ghost Council
- Parallel Lives
- Pondering Mage
- Reki, the History of Kamigawa
- Resolute Rider
- Return to Nature
- Sigarda, Heron's Grace
- Soul of Ravnica
- Soul-Strike Technique
- Sphinx's Insight
- Taranika, Akroan Veteran
- Ulrich of the Krallenhorde
- Urza's Rage
- Vandalblast