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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 292–222 | 56.8 | 4 | 14 | 1806 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 42 | 84–83 | 50.3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Goblins | 3 | 11–1 | 91.7 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Soldiers | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Elves | 16 | 49–27 | 64.5 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 17–44 | 27.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 9 | 6–26 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 29 | 82–40 | 67.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Esper Control | 6 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 2 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 43–19 | 69.4 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 14 | 43–19 | 69.4 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 8 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | ||
| Food | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 29–21 | 58.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 6 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Madness | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 51–57 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| The Rock | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 5 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Elementals | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 7 | 23–8 | 74.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimir Vat | 7 | 23–8 | 74.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Artificer's Intuition
- Bloodtallow Candle
- Cephalid Inkshrouder
- Chapel Geist
- Cruel Celebrant
- Curse of Exhaustion
- Firespout
- Gallows Warden
- Gate Colossus
- Gatebreaker Ram
- Gates Ablaze
- Grand Architect
- Imperious Oligarch
- Master Transmuter
- Merchant of Secrets
- Myr Servitor
- Nightveil Predator
- Pteron Ghost
- Resolute Watchdog
- River's Rebuke
- Sage's Row Savant
- The Antiquities War