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 3 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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240 | 386–398 | 49.2 | 8 | 71 | 1668 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 12 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 | 5 | |
Red Deck Wins | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
White Weenie | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | 4 | |
Zombies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Combo | 15 | 20–23 | 46.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Storm | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Channel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
New Perspectives | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Combo Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Breakfast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Control | 128 | 199–214 | 48.2 | 4 | 40 | |
Esper Control | 32 | 54–57 | 48.6 | 1 | 12 | |
Mono Blue Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Dimir Control | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | 3 | |
Azorius Control | 17 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 0 | 7 | |
Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Izzet Control | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 22 | 19–35 | 35.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Cruel Control | 16 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Control | 16 | 29–24 | 54.7 | 0 | 6 | |
Jeskai Approach | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Five Color Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Control | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Seasons Past Control | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Aggro-Combo | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Aristocrats | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 34 | 48–57 | 45.7 | 0 | 7 | |
Curses | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Battle of Wits | 17 | 12–30 | 28.6 | |||
Zur's Weirding | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 5 | |
Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 5 | |
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 0 | 5 | |
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Thopter-Sword | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Esper Thopter-Sword | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Midrange | 40 | 74–66 | 52.9 | 2 | 15 | |
The Rock | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Golgari Citadel | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jund | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Blink | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Naya Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Big Red | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 2 | 3 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 19–5 | 79.2 | 2 | 3 | |
Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 2 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Ramp | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abundant Growth
- Beanstalk Wurm
- Black Sun's Zenith
- Blood Reckoning
- Bright Reprisal
- Clearwater Goblet
- Coral Eel
- Farseek
- Fire Diamond
- Gadwick, the Wizened
- Into the Story
- Invincible Hymn
- Koth, Fire of Resistance
- Languish
- Long-Term Plans
- Meishin, the Mind Cage
- Migration Path
- Moldervine Reclamation
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Nissa Revane
- Praetor's Grasp
- Protection of the Hekma
- Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
- Skull Prophet
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
- The Cruelty of Gix
- Vivien Reid