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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 177–146 | 54.8 | 10 | 4 | 1942 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 13 | 38–22 | 63.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 Whack | 13 | 38–22 | 63.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 54–51 | 51.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 15 | 39–32 | 54.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 13 | 34–27 | 55.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Addle
- Arbalest Engineers
- Architects of Will
- Armored Skaab
- Aron, Benalia's Ruin
- Aven Fogbringer
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking
- Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
- Baru, Fist of Krosa
- Bogardan Hellkite
- Bonfire of the Damned
- Bontu the Glorified
- Boomerang
- Branch of Vitu-Ghazi
- Brittle Effigy
- Brush with Death
- Bubbling Cauldron
- Butcher Ghoul
- Call to Mind
- Careful Consideration
- Carrion Beetles
- Cathar Commando
- Chimeric Mass
- Choked Estuary
- Coffin Purge
- Contagion Clasp
- Coralhelm Guide
- Corpse Cur
- Creeperhulk
- Cursed Scroll
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon
- Delusions of Mediocrity
- Demigod of Revenge
- Demon of Dark Schemes
- Desperate Ravings
- Devour in Shadow
- Diabolic Servitude
- Disdainful Stroke
- Djinn Illuminatus
- Dowsing Shaman
- Dragonstorm
- Dreamcaller Siren
- Drowner of Hope
- Eldrazi Obligator
- Elsewhere Flask
- Empyrean Eagle
- Endling
- Epitaph Golem
- Erratic Portal
- Faerie Conclave
- Faerie Guidemother
- False Defeat
- Fated Intervention
- Fervor
- Flayer Husk
- Foreboding Ruins
- Forge Anew
- Frost Trickster
- Fungal Reaches
- Furnace Dragon
- Galloping Lizrog
- Garza Zol, Plague Queen
- Gearseeker Serpent
- Gingerbrute
- Glint-Nest Crane
- Goblin Turncoat
- Graveshifter
- Harbinger of the Tides
- Harsh Judgment
- Haunted Cloak
- Heartflame Duelist
- Hidden Herbalists
- Hide in Plain Sight
- Ichor Rats
- Inescapable Blaze
- Invert // Invent
- Invigorated Rampage
- Ixidor's Will
- Jace's Sanctum
- Jaya's Immolating Inferno
- Jester's Cap
- Jorn, God of Winter
- Kamahl, Pit Fighter
- Karplusan Forest
- Liliana's Triumph
- Locket of Yesterdays
- Loyal Retainers
- Magnetic Mine
- Make a Stand
- Makeshift Mannequin
- Mark of Fury
- Melek, Izzet Paragon
- Melira, Sylvok Outcast
- Merrow Reejerey
- Metal Fatigue
- Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
- Military Discipline
- Miraculous Recovery
- Mishra's Helix
- Mizzium Mortars
- Mordenkainen's Polymorph
- Naban, Dean of Iteration
- Narnam Renegade
- Necropede
- Nezumi Informant
- Nightscape Familiar
- Nightshade Peddler
- Overload
- Paleoloth
- Peer Through Depths
- Phantasmal Image
- Phyrexian Plaguelord
- Phyrexian Vatmother
- Pirate's Prize
- Pollenbright Druid
- Price of Betrayal
- Prism Ring
- Prosperous Pirates
- Protector of the Crown
- Psychatog
- Purity
- Pyromancer's Gauntlet
- Pyromancer's Swath
- Quasiduplicate
- Radiant's Dragoons
- Rapid Decay
- Reality Ripple
- Reap the Past
- Reckless Reveler
- Renegade Doppelganger
- Repay in Kind
- Rite of Replication
- Rith's Grove
- Roaring Primadox
- Rootwater Depths
- Sandsteppe Mastodon
- Sanguine Sacrament
- Sawtooth Loon
- Scarecrone
- Scene of the Crime
- Scourge Wolf
- Searing Wind
- Sengir Autocrat
- Shadowmage Infiltrator
- Shattering Pulse
- Sins of the Past
- Skull of Orm
- Skyline Despot
- Slayer of the Wicked
- Soltari Foot Soldier
- Spawn of Thraxes
- Squelching Leeches
- Stitch Together
- Stone Rain
- Storm's Wrath
- Sulfurous Blast
- Surge of Zeal
- Swarm Intelligence
- Sylvok Lifestaff
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Tamiyo's Logbook
- Tenacious Dead
- Tendrils of Agony
- Tezzeret's Gambit
- Thieves' Tools
- Thran Foundry
- Tide Drifter
- Time of Need
- Tivadar's Crusade
- Tocasia's Dig Site
- Tome Scour
- Treva's Ruins
- Ugin's Insight
- Uktabi Drake
- Unstable Mutation
- Urza's Armor
- Utopia Vow
- Vessel of Volatility
- Vizier of Many Faces
- Voltaic Key
- Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
- Warren Weirding
- Wasteland Viper
- Weatherseed Treefolk
- Where Ancients Tread
- Whisper Agent
- Winged Words
- Wonder
- Worn Powerstone
- Xathrid Slyblade
- Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
- Zodiac Dragon