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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 107–144 | 42.6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1424 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 11–1 | 91.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 30 | 45–67 | 40.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 10 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 12–33 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Blinkmoth Well
- Drowned Secrets
- Dynavolt Tower
- Elder Deep-Fiend
- Exsanguinate
- Fungal Sprouting
- God-Pharaoh's Gift
- Grow from the Ashes
- Helm of the Host
- Hunter's Prowess
- Minion Reflector
- Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer
- Molten Vortex
- Orim's Prayer
- Planar Void
- Sage of Fables
- Sea Gate Wreckage
- Shanna, Sisay's Legacy
- Sylvan Awakening
- Wasteland Strangler
- Zendikar Incarnate