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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 186–118 | 61.2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2114 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 50 | 144–88 | 62.1 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Storm | 12 | 34–22 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Citadel Storm | 12 | 34–22 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Lands | 9 | 32–12 | 72.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Polymorph | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Belcher | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Phoenix Altar | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Primal Prayers Combo | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
- Cynical Loner
- Essence Channeler
- Fiery Emancipation
- Flotsam // Jetsam
- Generous Plunderer
- Hostile Hostel
- No Witnesses
- Palani's Hatcher
- Peerless Recycling
- Pugnacious Hammerskull
- Saheeli's Lattice
- Serra's Emissary
- Stickytongue Sentinel
- Sunshower Druid
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane
- Thought Vessel
- Triumphant Chomp