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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | 393–364–6 | 51.9 | 7 | 51 | 4 | 1603 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 69 | 158–102–1 | 60.8 | 5 | 20 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 21 | 60–33 | 64.5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 21 | 60–33 | 64.5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | |||||
| Goblins | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Tokens | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 4–1–1 | 80.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 10 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 2 | 4 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | |||||
| Soldiers | 7 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 23–43–1 | 34.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Storm | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 6–9–1 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 6–9–1 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | |||||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Hyperwave | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 50 | 73–93–1 | 44.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 19 | 36–32 | 52.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Dimir Control | 7 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 4–4–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 4–4–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pollute the Planet | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | |||||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 26–35 | 42.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Curses | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Displace Loop | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 44 | 79–73–3 | 52.0 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels and Taxes | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | |||||
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | |||||
| Vampires | 18 | 39–23–1 | 62.9 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 17 | 39–22–1 | 63.9 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | |||||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aquastrand Spider
- Baloth Pup
- Bandage
- Big Game Hunter
- Call the Bloodline
- Cephalid Shrine
- Chlorophant
- Coat of Arms
- Cytoplast Root-Kin
- Daily Regimen
- Deadeye Navigator
- Death Ward
- Demystify
- Descendants' Path
- Dissipation Field
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
- Eland Umbra
- Enshrouding Mist
- Faith Unbroken
- Feast of Blood
- Freewind Falcon
- Glaring Aegis
- Gnat Miser
- Guul Draz Assassin
- Heal
- Honored Hierarch
- Illusory Angel
- Indulgent Aristocrat
- Indulgent Tormentor
- Inspire Awe
- Inspiring Call
- Kavu Predator
- Kinjalli's Sunwing
- Kithkin Armor
- Limited Resources
- Luminescent Rain
- Magmatic Insight
- Malakir Bloodwitch
- Mending Hands
- Military Intelligence
- Mortal Obstinacy
- Nimbus Wings
- Pain Seer
- Protean Hydra
- Renegade Krasis
- Reverent Hunter
- Rot Shambler
- Rushing River
- Sage Owl
- Sangromancer
- Sanity Grinding
- Seize the Initiative
- Shadowfeed
- Shielded Passage
- Shieldmate's Blessing
- Siegehorn Ceratops
- Simic Initiate
- Smite
- Sphinx's Tutelage
- Spike Rogue
- Sprite Noble
- Stampede
- Stave Off
- Succumb to Temptation
- Traveling Plague
- Unlicensed Disintegration
- Urge to Feed
- Vampire Cutthroat
- Voice of All
- Wasp Lancer
- Wildsize
- Wirewood Pride