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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | 545–268 | 67.0 | 37 | 1871 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 45 | 107–56 | 65.6 | 6 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 2 | ||
| Goblins | 12 | 34–12 | 73.9 | 3 | ||
| Tokens | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 12 | 39–15 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 48–24 | 66.7 | 3 | ||
| Reanimator | 7 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 9 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 2 | ||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 25 | 59–34 | 63.4 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 17 | 55–15 | 78.6 | 6 | ||
| Aristocrats | 17 | 55–15 | 78.6 | 6 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 17 | 55–15 | 78.6 | 6 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 24–13 | 64.9 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 6 | 17–6 | 73.9 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 39 | 102–37 | 73.4 | 10 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Swarm Intelligence | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 10 | 27–9 | 75.0 | 4 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 25 | 72–22 | 76.6 | 6 | ||
| Wildfire | 25 | 72–22 | 76.6 | 6 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 25 | 72–22 | 76.6 | 6 | ||
| Midrange | 65 | 140–83 | 62.8 | 9 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 14 | 37–15 | 71.2 | 5 | ||
| Wave Blink | 14 | 37–15 | 71.2 | 5 | ||
| Esper Wave | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 12 | 35–11 | 76.1 | 5 | ||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 15 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 14 | 34–15 | 69.4 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Dimir Vat | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider