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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | 188–430 | 30.4 | 1 | 1091 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 53 | 45–85 | 34.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 32 | 39–53 | 42.4 | |||
| Hexproof | 9 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 51 | 20–93 | 17.7 | |||
| Storm | 7 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |||
| Polymorph | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 18–65 | 21.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 12 | 5–26 | 16.1 | |||
| Dragon Control | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | |||
| Infect | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 54 | 43–100 | 30.1 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 51 | 41–91 | 31.1 | |||
| Wildfire | 46 | 37–78 | 32.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Midrange | 35 | 41–60 | 40.6 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Blink | 20 | 37–38 | 49.3 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arctic Flats
- Beamsplitter Mage
- Boom // Bust
- Call the Gatewatch
- Circuitous Route
- Citywide Bust
- Fertile Imagination
- Fever Charm
- Gurzigost
- Kitesail
- Lifecrafter's Gift
- Mark of Sakiko
- Mistform Sliver
- Mudslide
- Reincarnation
- Seedling Charm
- Spelltwine
- Spellwild Ouphe
- Spiteful Visions
- Stone-Seeder Hierophant
- Sword of the Chosen
- Trapjaw Tyrant
- Uktabi Wildcats
- Undead Leotau
- Wand of Vertebrae
- Wurmweaver Coil