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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 286–213 | 57.3 | 7 | 1807 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 22–30 | 42.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 29 | 78–55 | 58.6 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pox | 7 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 13 | 40–18 | 69.0 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 13 | 40–18 | 69.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 43 | 130–77 | 62.8 | 4 | ||
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 23–7 | 76.7 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Vampires | 9 | 29–12 | 70.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Vampires | 9 | 29–12 | 70.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mutate | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Wild Pair | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Academy Journeymage
- Blood Operative
- Cleric Class
- Emberstrike Duo
- Firefist Adept
- Ghitu Journeymage
- Harmonious Emergence
- Heartless Summoning
- Hollowhenge Spirit
- Hulking Metamorph
- Jeskai Infiltrator
- Journey to Eternity
- Mortuary
- Nausea
- Roaring Earth
- Ruin Raider
- Sanctum of Calm Waters
- Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
- Sanctum of Shattered Heights
- Sanctum of Stone Fangs
- Sanctum of Tranquil Light
- Sanctum Seeker
- Throatseeker
- Vivien's Invocation
- Warteye Witch
- Zoologist