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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 207–158 | 56.7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1711 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Affinity | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 62–28 | 68.9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Storm | 12 | 37–14 | 72.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Simic Storm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 10 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 10 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 36 | 60–62 | 49.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 11 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Vat | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| 12 Pest | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 32–24 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Energy | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Arcane Encyclopedia
- Curse of the Bloody Tome
- Desolate Lighthouse
- Dismiss
- Doomfall
- Duplicant
- Harnessed Lightning
- Hour of Devastation
- Ixalan's Binding
- Izzet Staticaster
- Oblivion Ring
- Sea's Claim
- Seal Away
- Shrivel
- Silent Gravestone
- Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
- Sunscourge Champion
- Supreme Will
- Treasure Mage
- Trinket Mage