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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 365–217 | 62.7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1989 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 82–42 | 66.1 | 5 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Heroic | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 2 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 2 | ||
| 8 Whack | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 31 | 73–55 | 57.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Storm | 7 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 8 | 20–13 | 60.6 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 8 | 20–13 | 60.6 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Control | 12 | 21–25 | 45.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Bant Control | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 44 | 141–75 | 65.3 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| The Rock | 9 | 29–13 | 69.0 | 2 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blink | 8 | 34–14 | 70.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 8 | 34–14 | 70.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 8 | 34–14 | 70.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 12 | 39–21 | 65.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Abzan Hero | 8 | 31–12 | 72.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Death Cloud | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Domain | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abandoned Outpost
- Ambassador Laquatus
- Angel of Flight Alabaster
- Aquamoeba
- Arc Blade
- Arcbound Javelineer
- Arrogant Wurm
- Asmodeus the Archfiend
- Aven Envoy
- Balancing Act
- Baloth Null
- Barbed Sextant
- Basking Rootwalla
- Battle for Bretagard
- Battle Mastery
- Belltoll Dragon
- Biovisionary
- Bladewing the Risen
- Blazing Rootwalla
- Bog Wreckage
- Breath of Life
- Budoka Gardener
- Burning Vengeance
- Burrenton Forge-Tender
- Catapult Master
- Cephalid Illusionist
- Cho-Manno, Revolutionary
- Cinder Marsh
- Circular Logic
- Clear
- Compulsion
- Conclave Naturalists
- Creeping Renaissance
- Crovax, Ascendant Hero
- Cultivator's Caravan
- Desolation Giant
- Diregraf Escort
- Doomwake Giant
- Dread Statuary
- Dreamborn Muse
- Drownyard Temple
- Druid's Deliverance
- Duergar Hedge-Mage
- Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
- Edric, Spymaster of Trest
- Elspeth Conquers Death
- Elvish Mystic
- Enlistment Officer
- Epicenter
- Errant Ephemeron
- Faithless Salvaging
- Fated Infatuation
- Foul-Tongue Invocation
- Foundry of the Consuls
- Frantic Search
- Frontier Bivouac
- Gerrard's Verdict
- Ghastly Remains
- Gideon's Intervention
- Gift of Estates
- Gift of Growth
- Glissa Sunseeker
- Glory
- Grand Coliseum
- Grim Backwoods
- Hermit Druid
- Hero's Demise
- Huatli, Radiant Champion
- Hythonia the Cruel
- Incorrigible Youths
- Insult // Injury
- Isao, Enlightened Bushi
- Isolate
- Ith, High Arcanist
- Iwamori of the Open Fist
- Jaddi Offshoot
- Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
- Junktroller
- Karmic Guide
- Keiga, the Tide Star
- Kessig Prowler
- Knight-Captain of Eos
- Kodama of the North Tree
- Krosan Cloudscraper
- Kumano, Master Yamabushi
- Lantern-Lit Graveyard
- Loxodon Hierarch
- Magister of Worth
- Mana Breach
- Marsh Casualties
- Mask of the Mimic
- Memory's Journey
- Merfolk Traders
- Mirri, Cat Warrior
- Mold Adder
- Monk Realist
- Mortal Combat
- Murderous Cut
- Myr Turbine
- Mystifying Maze
- Mythic Proportions
- Necromancer's Stockpile
- Nightpack Ambusher
- Nightveil Sprite
- Nomad Mythmaker
- Nomads en-Kor
- Noose Constrictor
- Numot, the Devastator
- Ojutai, Soul of Winter
- Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
- Opulent Palace
- Orator of Ojutai
- Palisade Giant
- Phyrexian Ingester
- Pieces of the Puzzle
- Pinecrest Ridge
- Portent
- Preeminent Captain
- Prey's Vengeance
- Pristine Skywise
- Psychotic Fury
- Punish Ignorance
- Quillspike
- Rabid Bite
- Radiant's Judgment
- Ranger's Guile
- Ravaged Highlands
- Realm Razer
- Realms Uncharted
- Reckless Charge
- Reckless Wurm
- Recumbent Bliss
- Refraction Trap
- Restless Apparition
- Retreat to Coralhelm
- Riftwing Cloudskate
- Roar of the Wurm
- Robe of Mirrors
- Rubblebelt Rioters
- Ruins of Trokair
- Sanctuary Cat
- Satyr Wayfinder
- Savage Knuckleblade
- Scattered Groves
- Scent of Brine
- Scryb Ranger
- Seafloor Debris
- Searing Meditation
- Selvala, Explorer Returned
- Seraph Sanctuary
- Silent Departure
- Silumgar's Scorn
- Skaab Ruinator
- Snapback
- Soul Exchange
- Spectral Lynx
- Spider Spawning
- Spiketail Hatchling
- Spirit Away
- Splendid Reclamation
- Stasis Snare
- Steward of Valeron
- Stonewood Invocation
- Sunscorch Regent
- Sutured Ghoul
- Svyelunite Temple
- Tamanoa
- Tel-Jilad Justice
- Temur Ascendancy
- Teneb, the Harvester
- Terrarion
- Thalia's Lancers
- Tidebinder Mage
- Toils of Night and Day
- Tombstalker
- Tranquil Garden
- Tranquil Thicket
- Troll Ascetic
- Undertaker
- Unholy Heat
- Urza's Factory
- Urza's Ruinous Blast
- Utopia Tree
- Utter End
- Veilborn Ghoul
- Viashino Sandstalker
- Vintara Snapper
- Volcanic Spray
- Waterfront Bouncer
- Waterveil Cavern
- Wild Mongrel
- Wind-Scarred Crag
- Wolfbitten Captive
- Woodland Cemetery
- Worm Harvest
- Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
- Yosei, the Morning Star