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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 521 | 1400–1126 | 55.4 | 38 | 1652 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 48 | 131–100 | 56.7 | 5 | ||
| Elves | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 42 | 123–80 | 60.6 | 5 | ||
| Rakdos Hellbent | 42 | 123–80 | 60.6 | 5 | ||
| Combo | 24 | 48–67 | 41.7 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Warp World | 3 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 3 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo | 8 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 8 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 98 | 209–245 | 46.0 | 4 | ||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 19 | 31–49 | 38.8 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 64 | 149–157 | 48.7 | 3 | ||
| Ponza | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 8 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 161 | 459–323 | 58.7 | 12 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 158 | 454–316 | 59.0 | 12 | ||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 78 | 240–148 | 61.9 | 8 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 78 | 240–148 | 61.9 | 8 | ||
| Midrange | 26 | 57–71 | 44.5 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 12 | 30–29 | 50.8 | 1 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Ramp | 85 | 255–168 | 60.3 | 8 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 66 | 201–127 | 61.3 | 7 | ||
| Golgari Post | 55 | 171–102 | 62.6 | 6 | ||
| Selvala Tokens | 19 | 54–41 | 56.8 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aethersquall Ancient
- Attune with Aether
- Baku Altar
- Bleeding Edge
- Cauldron Haze
- Champion of Rhonas
- Counsel of the Soratami
- Descendant of Masumaro
- Electrostatic Field
- Electrostatic Pummeler
- Elvish Rejuvenator
- Empty the Warrens
- Farhaven Elf
- Firemind's Research
- Gnaw to the Bone
- Grapeshot
- Interdict
- Ivory Crane Netsuke
- Kederekt Parasite
- Keldon Arsonist
- Murmuring Mystic
- Mystic Speculation
- Plaguebearer
- Primal Amulet
- Prophetic Prism
- Pyromancer Ascension
- Rogue Refiner
- Spiteflame Witch
- Springbloom Druid
- Stampeding Wildebeests
- Thing from the Deep
- Toll of the Invasion
- Withering Gaze
- World at War