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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 805 | 2115–952 | 69.0 | 59 | 224 | 68 | 2203 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 258 | 778–310 | 71.5 | 32 | 111 | 14 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 9 | 20–11 | 64.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 18 | 56–21 | 72.7 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 57 | 137–56 | 71.0 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
| Zombies | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 44–18 | 71.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Affinity | 11 | 36–15 | 70.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| AggroSlide | 134 | 477–174 | 73.3 | 24 | 79 | 3 |
| Cats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 398 | 969–457 | 68.0 | 22 | 79 | 44 |
| Storm | 107 | 341–105 | 76.5 | 12 | 32 | 23 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 96 | 329–89 | 78.7 | 12 | 31 | 23 |
| Reanimator | 45 | 105–68 | 60.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 14 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Dragon | 14 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Living Death | 9 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grozoth | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 20 | 46–30 | 60.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 16 | 45–24 | 65.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 31 | 74–23 | 76.3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Dubious Challenge | 9 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 12 | 40–6 | 87.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Boros Glimpse | 9 | 34–3 | 91.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Hypergenesis | 8 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| New Perspectives | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 22 | 62–23 | 72.9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 19 | 65–29 | 69.1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Anvil Colossus | 16 | 54–25 | 68.4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Eggs | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Breakfast | 57 | 120–81 | 59.7 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 38 | 88–54 | 62.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Neoform Hermit | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Unctus | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 30 | 53–21 | 71.6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Dredge | 7 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gyruda | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Control | 33 | 62–46 | 57.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 8 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 22 | 48–20 | 70.6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 14–2 | 87.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Food | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 15–2 | 88.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Golgari Infect | 4 | 15–2 | 88.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 34–14 | 70.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | |||||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Gush | 2 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 9 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curses | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 37 | 79–47 | 62.7 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wave Blink | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ramp | 34 | 95–47 | 66.9 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 23 | 69–33 | 67.6 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 16 | 47–24 | 66.2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Golgari Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 7 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Eureka! | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |