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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | 615–538 | 53.3 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 1886 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 36–38 | 48.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rats | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 18–31 | 36.7 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Primal Prayers Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 110 | 283–176 | 61.7 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 9 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 47 | 129–64 | 66.8 | 9 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 35 | 100–57 | 63.7 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 37 | 81–60 | 57.4 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 29 | 69–42 | 62.2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 10 | 9–33 | 21.4 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 8–26 | 23.5 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 85 | 154–170 | 47.5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| The Rock | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Elementals | 6 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 11 | 22–22 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 18 | 45–24 | 65.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Artifact Midrange | 13 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Wight | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Field Ramp | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Chittering Skitterling
- Exotic Orchard
- Fallaji Dragon Engine
- Finneas, Ace Archer
- Harvestrite Host
- Leyline of Transformation
- Lupinflower Village
- Martyrs' Tomb
- Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
- Ophiomancer
- Ring of Three Wishes
- Ruthless Negotiation
- Sustaining Spirit
- Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
- Valley Questcaller
- Wall of Glare
- Wick, the Whorled Mind