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 1 week.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656 | 832–849 | 49.5 | 3 | 66 | 7 | 1558 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 112 | 138–136 | 50.4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Heroic | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Tokens | 15 | 24–24 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 14 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 16 | 21–14 | 60.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 12 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Zombies | 7 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 22 | 44–21 | 67.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Slivers | 11 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Humans | 6 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Bant Humans | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 89 | 111–117 | 48.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Storm | 13 | 12–23 | 34.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 22 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 10 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 8 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chain of Acid | 34 | 47–39 | 54.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Restore Balance | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Control | 77 | 74–112 | 39.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mono Black Control | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 11 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 25 | 29–43 | 40.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 10 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 53 | 48–54 | 47.1 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 9 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Burn | 7 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 11 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Simic Infect | 7 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 12 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 6 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 58 | 99–72 | 57.9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 37 | 74–45 | 62.2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 102 | 165–129 | 56.1 | 2 | 28 | 1 |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 94 | 164–119 | 58.0 | 2 | 28 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 47 | 80–67 | 54.4 | 0 | 13 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 45 | 78–65 | 54.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 47 | 84–52 | 61.8 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 34 | 73–40 | 64.6 | 2 | 15 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 145 | 166–206 | 44.6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| The Rock | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Jund | 16 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 16 | 20–28 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 16 | 20–28 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 9 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 8 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 16 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 9 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 20 | 30–32 | 48.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 13 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 20 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 7 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Field Ramp | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Angrath, the Flame-Chained
- Archangel of Wrath
- Basilisk Collar
- Bloodbraid Marauder
- Champion of the Parish
- Curse of Shaken Faith
- Dorothea, Vengeful Victim
- First Day of Class
- Glacial Crevasses
- Illuminate History
- Immersturm Skullcairn
- Magmatic Channeler
- March of Wretched Sorrow
- Mathas, Fiend Seeker
- Nissa, Vastwood Seer
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Phyrexian Missionary
- Poet's Quill
- Predatory Sliver
- Sinew Sliver
- Sliver Legion
- Soul of Emancipation
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Thundermaw Hellkite