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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 93–325 | 22.2 | 1 | 964 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 13–47 | 21.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Combo | 28 | 33–75 | 30.6 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Control | 22 | 12–59 | 16.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
| Curses | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 33 | 25–102 | 19.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 4–25 | 13.8 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aether Tide
- Ana Disciple
- Anavolver
- Armageddon Clock
- Artisan's Sorrow
- Aurochs
- Battlefield Forge
- Biomantic Mastery
- Bull Aurochs
- Bulwark
- Carrionette
- Cleansing Nova
- Cram Session
- Cylian Sunsinger
- Dega Disciple
- Degavolver
- Dirtcowl Wurm
- Droning Bureaucrats
- Duergar Mine-Captain
- Elemental Resonance
- Faith Healer
- Fire Juggler
- Freyalise's Winds
- Gargadon
- Greater Gargadon
- Grinning Demon
- Helix Pinnacle
- Kari Zev's Expertise
- Leech Bonder
- Lurking Jackals
- Master of Death
- Mindmoil
- Multiple Choice
- Nath's Elite
- Nighthaze
- Phantasmal Form
- Prismatic Omen
- Rebellion of the Flamekin
- Release the Ants
- Restore Balance
- Rimehorn Aurochs
- Savage Thallid
- Scrambleverse
- Secret Door
- Spiny Starfish
- Sylvan Echoes
- Tibalt's Trickery
- Tunneler Wurm
- Wheel of Fate
- Wooded Bastion
- Yavimaya's Embrace