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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 278–357 | 43.8 | 12 | 4 | 1429 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 23–35 | 39.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | |||||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | |||||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 38 | 49–73 | 40.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Storm | 20 | 27–44 | 38.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 44 | 56–77 | 42.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 9 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Stax | 13 | 24–23 | 51.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Runeflare | 16 | 13–31 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 17 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 13 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 59 | 81–99 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| The Rock | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 11 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 10 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 24–27 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Andúril, Flame of the West
- Archpriest of Shadows
- Back for Seconds
- Beluna's Gatekeeper
- Bloodfeather Phoenix
- Buried Treasure
- Candy Grapple
- Famished Foragers
- Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
- Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
- Hidden Cataract
- Hopeful Vigil
- Horn of the Mark
- Ingenious Prodigy
- Inverted Iceberg
- Monk Class
- Poetic Ingenuity
- Rangers of Ithilien
- Rankle, Master of Pranks
- Rivendell
- Rohirrim Lancer
- Skyclave Aerialist
- Spreading Insurrection
- The Black Breath
- The Eternal Wanderer
- Thopter Mechanic
- Threadbind Clique
- Wake to Slaughter