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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | 213–206 | 50.8 | 5 | 1648 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 49–35 | 58.3 | 2 | ||
| Goblins | 5 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 22–27 | 44.9 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 24–28 | 46.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Food | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Midrange | 34 | 66–70 | 48.5 | 3 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 13 | 30–23 | 56.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Eureka! | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Altar of Shadows
- Angelic Shield
- Bane Alley Broker
- Benalish Emissary
- Blacklance Paragon
- Blight Mamba
- Broken Bond
- Bucolic Ranch
- Cabal Slaver
- Chainweb Aracnir
- Dead Revels
- Deathless Ancient
- Detention Vortex
- Disciple of Bolas
- Divert
- Etched Champion
- Ethersworn Canonist
- Fierce Empath
- Fireblade Charger
- Gonti's Aether Heart
- Guardians of Koilos
- High Seas
- Ichorclaw Myr
- Inspiring Statuary
- Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios
- Juntu Stakes
- Keruga, the Macrosage
- Kodama's Reach
- Light of Hope
- Mardu Woe-Reaper
- Mind Burst
- Mindslaver
- Mitotic Manipulation
- Munitions Expert
- Naya Panorama
- Necra Sanctuary
- Nessian Wanderer
- Nimble Larcenist
- Nylea's Huntmaster
- Obscura Charm
- Omen of the Dead
- Profane Procession
- Psychic Intrusion
- Reborn Hope
- Renata, Called to the Hunt
- Rhox Pikemaster
- Rona, Disciple of Gix
- Salvation Swan
- Sandstorm Eidolon
- Scrap Trawler
- Setessan Petitioner
- Skilled Animator
- Skola Grovedancer
- Soul Spike
- Sporeweb Weaver
- Sterling Grove
- Strands of Night
- Study
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- Teferi's Ageless Insight
- Teferi's Puzzle Box
- Tendrils of Despair
- The Mending of Dominaria
- Thoughtcast
- Time of Ice
- Tireless Provisioner
- Trufflesnout
- Warbriar Blessing
- Wild Defiance
- Zur the Enchanter