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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 310–251 | 55.3 | 1 | 10 | 1643 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 46–30 | 60.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 8 | 23–14 | 62.2 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 27 | 69–57 | 54.8 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 12 | 37–21 | 63.8 | 3 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Tendrils | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 2 | ||
| Stormpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Eggs | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 48 | 128–97 | 56.9 | 4 | ||
| Esper Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 10 | 33–17 | 66.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 10 | 33–17 | 66.0 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 20 | 47–42 | 52.8 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Approach | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 26–31 | 45.6 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Chandra, Flamecaller
- Channeled Force
- Council's Judgment
- Day of Judgment
- Gitaxian Probe
- Glen Elendra Archmage
- Goldmire Bridge
- Igneous Elemental
- Inevitable Betrayal
- Inspired Ultimatum
- Mantis Rider
- Mental Note
- Mythos of Snapdax
- Razortide Bridge
- Rip Apart
- Rustvale Bridge
- Silverbluff Bridge
- Time Wipe
- Venser's Diffusion