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 6 days, 3 hours.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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565 | 825–1276 | 39.3 | 1 | 8 | 1276 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 185 | 329–385 | 46.1 | 5 | ||
Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Heroic | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 33 | 74–51 | 59.2 | 2 | ||
Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Tokens | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
White Weenie | 26 | 39–61 | 39.0 | |||
Soldiers | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Werewolves | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Warriors | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 14 | 18–33 | 35.3 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
Merfolk | 10 | 29–17 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 25 | 54–43 | 55.7 | 1 | ||
Affinity | 19 | 42–34 | 55.3 | 1 | ||
Tempered Steel | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Madness | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Gruul Madness | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Voltron | 8 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
Hexproof | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
Slivers | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
Naya Zoo | 6 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
Knights | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
AggroSlide | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
Boros Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Combo | 31 | 24–62 | 27.9 | |||
Storm | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Dragonstorm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Song Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Polymorph | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
Storm Herald | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Control | 85 | 102–201 | 33.7 | 1 | ||
Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Azorius Control | 8 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |||
Izzet Control | 10 | 12–27 | 30.8 | |||
Mill | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 15 | 22–43 | 33.8 | 1 | ||
Blackpost | 13 | 18–37 | 32.7 | 1 | ||
Grixis Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Jeskai Control | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
Dragon Control | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Izzet Dragons | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Esper Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Runeflare | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Ponza | 13 | 20–25 | 44.4 | |||
Bant Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Prison | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Enchantress | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 34 | 71–77 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Aristocrats | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Food | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Burn | 16 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Infect | 12 | 19–28 | 40.4 | |||
Simic Infect | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Blazing Shoal Infect | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
Pummeler | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 52 | 71–129 | 35.5 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 10 | 14–23 | 37.8 | |||
Azorius Skies | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Wizards | 5 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 22 | 33–53 | 38.4 | |||
Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 6 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
Combo-Control | 10 | 14–19 | 42.4 | |||
Pickles | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Resurgent Belief | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Midrange | 159 | 208–383 | 35.2 | 2 | ||
The Rock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 6 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Jund | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
Blink | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Orzhov Blink | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
Enchantments Matter | 6 | 2–19 | 9.5 | |||
Constellation | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Vampires | 25 | 36–60 | 37.5 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 10 | 11–29 | 27.5 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Elementals | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 20–30 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Temur Energy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Adventures | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 27–25 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Mythic Colossification | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
Boros Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Jeskai Hero | 4 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
Clerics | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Game Objects | 11 | 8–24 | 25.0 | |||
Ramp | 9 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Greenpost | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Annex Sentry
- Artistic Refusal
- Audacity
- Battle of Frost and Fire
- Bladed Ambassador
- Bladehold War-Whip
- Body Dropper
- Bouncer's Beatdown
- Calamity Bearer
- Churning Reservoir
- Cinderslash Ravager
- Clay Revenant
- Dark Supplicant
- Defiler of Dreams
- Deliberate
- Era of Enlightenment
- Favor of Jukai
- Fell Stinger
- Fly
- Geistlight Snare
- Goma Fada Vanguard
- Halo Hopper
- Hexgold Halberd
- High-Speed Hoverbike
- Hungry for More
- Invasion of Eldraine
- Invasion of the Giants
- Kargan Warleader
- Keen-Eared Sentry
- Kessig Flamebreather
- Lantern Bearer
- Lord of the Void
- Lorehold Command
- Lullmage's Domination
- Magmatic Sprinter
- Markov Retribution
- Memory Theft
- Mystic Repeal
- Parasitic Grasp
- Phyrexian Awakening
- Priest of Ancient Lore
- Ray of Enfeeblement
- Relic Axe
- Risona, Asari Commander
- Saw It Coming
- Scale the Heights
- Scion of Darkness
- Scion of Opulence
- Search Party Captain
- Spare Supplies
- Squash
- Stormchaser Drake
- Student of Elements
- Tablet of Compleation
- The Scorpion God
- Thundering Rebuke
- Tide Skimmer
- Tomakul Honor Guard
- Urabrask's Anointer
- Urabrask's Forge
- Vampire Socialite
- Venser, Corpse Puppet
- Wash Away
- Worst Fears
- Xerex Strobe-Knight
- Zephyr Singer