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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | 305–224 | 57.7 | 11 | 1731 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 18–11 | 62.1 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 44 | 91–75 | 54.8 | 5 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 14–1 | 93.3 | 2 | ||
| Cruel Control | 3 | 14–1 | 93.3 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 6 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shrines | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 25–15 | 62.5 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 52 | 130–82 | 61.3 | 6 | ||
| The Rock | 20 | 50–33 | 60.2 | 3 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 17–7 | 70.8 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abrupt Decay
- Acquisitions Expert
- Ajani Steadfast
- Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
- Ajani, the Greathearted
- Ajani's Pridemate
- Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
- Angel's Herald
- Angrath, Captain of Chaos
- Arlinn Kord
- Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
- Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
- Audacious Thief
- Augur of Skulls
- Belle of the Brawl
- Binding Negotiation
- Blackmail
- Blood Mist
- Blue Sun's Twilight
- Boros Challenger
- Break Through the Line
- Burrowguard Mentor
- Celestial Kirin
- Champion of Lambholt
- Condescend
- Conqueror's Galleon
- Coveted Prize
- Cursed Recording
- Deathbringer Liege
- Declaration of Naught
- Dega Sanctuary
- Destructive Urge
- Dimir Cutpurse
- Dining Room
- Dominus of Fealty
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Dregscape Sliver
- Earthlink
- Esika, God of the Tree
- Fae of Wishes
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver
- Fall of the Impostor
- Fear of Impostors
- Fearless Liberator
- Fleetfoot Panther
- Flood of Recollection
- Frondland Felidar
- Furious Rise
- Galazeth Prismari
- Galvanic Iteration
- Get Out
- Ghostly Pilferer
- Gobhobbler Rats
- Goblin Banneret
- God-Eternal Rhonas
- Griffin Aerie
- Guided Passage
- Gyre Engineer
- Haazda Marshal
- Hall
- Heartless Act
- Heat Ray
- Highland Forest
- Hokori, Dust Drinker
- Hunted Bonebrute
- Indulging Patrician
- Izzet Guildmage
- Jaya, Venerated Firemage
- Jester's Scepter
- Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
- Keensight Mentor
- Kronch Wrangler
- Kwende, Pride of Femeref
- Labyrinth Raptor
- Lazotep Plating
- Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
- Life Goes On
- Long Rest
- Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- Lost Legacy
- Lunarch Veteran
- Malakir Blood-Priest
- Manglehorn
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
- Meditation Puzzle
- Memorial to War
- Mirari
- Mistbind Clique
- Mortality Spear
- Muse Vessel
- Mutilate
- Mysterious Tome
- Mystic Archaeologist
- Naomi, Pillar of Order
- Narset of the Ancient Way
- Necroblossom Snarl
- Nessian Boar
- Night of Souls' Betrayal
- Oath of Jace
- Ominous Parcel
- On Serra's Wings
- Painted Bluffs
- Path of Mettle
- Path to the World Tree
- Pemmin's Aura
- Perish
- Pestilent Cauldron
- Phyrexian Scriptures
- Polygraph Orb
- Pristine Talisman
- Pyromancer's Goggles
- Radiant Scrollwielder
- Raka Sanctuary
- Rakdos Firewheeler
- Ral, Storm Conduit
- Reflections of Littjara
- Rift Bolt
- Ring of Xathrid
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Rowan, Scholar of Sparks
- Sapling of Colfenor
- Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
- Sarulf, Realm Eater
- Scepter of Insight
- Shapers' Sanctuary
- Shard of Broken Glass
- Sigrid, God-Favored
- Sindbad
- Siphon Insight
- Skeletal Scrying
- Skyclave Relic
- Skyknight Vanguard
- Slavering Nulls
- Slitherwisp
- Smallpox
- Soul Manipulation
- Soul Transfer
- Spectral Adversary
- Sultai Ascendancy
- Sunhome Stalwart
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Syphon Sliver
- Thalakos Drifters
- The Bloodsky Massacre
- Theater of Horrors
- Thornscape Apprentice
- Throat Slitter
- Tome of the Guildpact
- Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
- Treacherous Blessing
- Truefire Captain
- Tyrite Sanctum
- Unbound Flourishing
- Unexpected Fangs
- Unmoored Ego
- Untimely Malfunction
- Urabrask
- Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
- Vedalken Mesmerist
- Vivien's Arkbow
- Vraska, Relic Seeker
- Warden of the Chained
- Westvale Abbey
- Whirlwind of Thought
- Wingspan Mentor
- Yasharn, Implacable Earth
- Yavimaya Elder