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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 60–54 | 52.6 | 1 | 2262 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 15 | 31–29 | 51.7 | |||
| Eggs | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
| Saffi Combo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Breakfast | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Familiars | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Advice from the Fae
- Aetherize
- Aethertide Whale
- Angelsong
- Aven Mimeomancer
- Biomass Mutation
- Brineborn Cutthroat
- By Force
- Caught in the Crossfire
- Deafening Silence
- Diviner's Wand
- Dry Spell
- Elemental Uprising
- Ethercaste Knight
- Fevered Visions
- Goblin Chirurgeon
- Golden Egg
- Homicide Investigator
- Hunter's Insight
- Information Dealer
- Keeper of the Nine Gales
- Mangara of Corondor
- Merfolk Thaumaturgist
- Neurok Invisimancer
- Ovinize
- Perilous Voyage
- Plaguecrafter
- Prismite
- Puppeteer
- Ravenous Chupacabra
- Sage of Epityr
- Seaside Haven
- Self-Assembler
- Serendib Sorcerer
- Shipwreck Sifters
- Snapping Gnarlid
- Soratami Savant
- Spell Syphon
- Spiketail Drake
- Staff of the Flame Magus
- Stream of Unconsciousness
- Thalakos Seer
- Watcher for Tomorrow
- Wingcrafter
- Wings of Velis Vel