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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148 | 343–319 | 51.8 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1695 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 24 | 64–44 | 59.3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Heroic | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 35–10 | 77.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Goblins | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Auras | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 27 | 66–58 | 53.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Storm | 5 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm Herald | 16 | 41–33 | 55.4 | |||
| Control | 36 | 78–83 | 48.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | |||
| Grixis Control | 9 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Enchantments Control | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 56–37 | 60.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 19 | 54–34 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 18 | 50–33 | 60.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 27–39 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Angels | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Angels | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 17 | 29–39 | 42.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 7 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Brimstone Mage
- Crypt Lurker
- Cultivate
- Deliver Unto Evil
- Etrata, the Silencer
- Glorious Sunrise
- Guild Summit
- Last One Standing
- Lilting Refrain
- Martyr's Cry
- Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
- Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
- Ob Nixilis Reignited
- Revered Dead
- Reya Dawnbringer
- Righteous Aura
- Savageborn Hydra
- Scroll of Avacyn