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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447 | 919–519 | 63.9 | 45 | 1871 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 100 | 226–122 | 64.9 | 8 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Heroic | 26 | 71–32 | 68.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 24 | 66–30 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 55–24 | 69.6 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 12 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 2 | ||
| Affinity | 10 | 24–13 | 64.9 | 2 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 9 | 22–10 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 38 | 72–46 | 61.0 | 6 | ||
| Reanimator | 18 | 26–26 | 50.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 9 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 11 | 32–8 | 80.0 | 5 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Control | 31 | 32–37 | 46.4 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 32 | 64–34 | 65.3 | 4 | ||
| Aristocrats | 30 | 56–32 | 63.6 | 4 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 13 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 3 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 21–9 | 70.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Food | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 61 | 137–69 | 66.5 | 7 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 31 | 74–38 | 66.1 | 4 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 13 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Temur Madness | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 10 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 16 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Pickles | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 7 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 166 | 359–188 | 65.6 | 19 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 18 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 33 | 78–37 | 67.8 | 4 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 34 | 89–36 | 71.2 | 3 | ||
| Big Red | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 19 | 40–27 | 59.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 27 | 68–27 | 71.6 | 8 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Neoform | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 |
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