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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 142–275 | 34.1 | 11 | 1271 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 74 | 94–180 | 34.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Heroic | 28 | 35–72 | 32.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 27 | 34–68 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 12 | 15–33 | 31.3 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
| Pirates | 11 | 18–25 | 41.9 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Birthday Stax | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Food | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 28–55 | 33.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Allies | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mardu Legends | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 7 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Unclassified | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ancestral Katana
- Angel of Mercy
- Bioplasm
- Bog Wraith
- Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
- Carrion Wall
- Dire Flail
- Girder Goons
- Goblin Tomb Raider
- Kitesail Larcenist
- Phyrexian Hulk
- Plague Beetle
- Revelation of Power
- Samite Healer
- Scathe Zombies
- Spyglass Siren
- Standing Troops
- Staunch Crewmate
- Subterranean Schooner
- The Belligerent
- Venerable Monk
- Zoetic Glyph