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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 89–211 | 29.7 | 5 | 1189 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 67 | 74–131 | 36.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 17 | 17–31 | 35.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Chroma White | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 34 | 51–70 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 8 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 26 | 38–53 | 41.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 5 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | |||||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 9 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 3–34 | 8.1 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Aven of Enduring Hope
- Beastbreaker of Bala Ged
- Bogstomper
- Declare Dominance
- Fiery Finish
- Filigree Crawler
- Gaea's Protector
- Heirs of Stromkirk
- Mammoth Spider
- Overgrown Armasaur
- Primordial Wurm
- Ruination Wurm
- Sparring Mummy
- Thornhide Wolves
- Those Who Serve
- Vigilant Baloth
- Woodborn Behemoth
- Zulaport Enforcer
Cards Played First
- Alley Evasion
- Angel of the Dawn
- Aven of Enduring Hope
- Aven Sentry
- Baloth Gorger
- Beastbreaker of Bala Ged
- Bogstomper
- Bristling Boar
- Cabal Paladin
- Colossal Dreadmaw
- Declare Dominance
- Dire Fleet Interloper
- Elvish Handservant
- Fiery Finish
- Fiery Intervention
- Filigree Crawler
- Fire Elemental
- Gaea's Protector
- Ghastbark Twins
- Ghitu Chronicler
- Giant Spider
- Grazing Whiptail
- Heirs of Stromkirk
- Hostile Minotaur
- Jousting Lance
- Keldon Overseer
- Knight of the Stampede
- Knight's Pledge
- Mammoth Spider
- Molten Hydra
- Overgrown Armasaur
- Pierce the Sky
- Primal Visitation
- Primordial Wurm
- Ruination Wurm
- Rustwing Falcon
- Shipwreck Looter
- Shore Keeper
- Sparring Mummy
- Stromkirk Mentor
- Stronghold Confessor
- Tezzeret's Ambition
- Thornhide Wolves
- Those Who Serve
- Thundering Giant
- Tilonalli's Crown
- Vigilant Baloth
- Volcanic Dragon
- Watchful Automaton
- Wily Bandar
- Woodborn Behemoth
- Zulaport Enforcer