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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 217–150 | 59.1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1795 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 32–22 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 33–26 | 55.9 | 2 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Clues | 1 | |||||
| Ninjas | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 23 | 76–33 | 69.7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 4 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 2 | ||
| Displace Loop | 9 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Peregrine Drake | 7 | 24–13 | 64.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Coveted Falcon Combo | 5 | 21–5 | 80.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 15 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Field Ramp | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Ancient Spring
- Arrow Volley Trap
- Chaos Maw
- Counterlash
- Flames of the Blood Hand
- Geothermal Crevice
- Ingenious Infiltrator
- Invade the City
- Molten Primordial
- Obliterate
- Rakavolver
- Ramunap Ruins
- Renegade Rallier
- Scent of Cinder
- Sharp-Eyed Rookie
- Shivan Harvest
- Sphinx of the Chimes
- Stirring Wildwood
- Sulfur Vent
- Temporal Firestorm
- Tithe Taker
- Verdurous Gearhulk
- Wilt-Leaf Liege
- Words of Wisdom