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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 91–89 | 50.6 | 7 | 2 | 2046 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 43 | 59–49 | 54.6 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Storm | 9 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Breakfast | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Ageless Guardian
- Alaborn Musketeer
- Allied Assault
- Ambush Party
- Angelheart Protector
- Ashen Monstrosity
- Assault on Osgiliath
- Axgard Braggart
- Battershield Warrior
- Battle Plan
- Blade Banish
- Blade-Tribe Berserkers
- Bloodthorn Taunter
- Burning-Yard Trainer
- Captivating Unicorn
- Caught Red-Handed
- Celestial Enforcer
- Chandra's Firemaw
- Char-Rumbler
- Checkpoint Officer
- Chromium
- Cliffhaven Sell-Sword
- Combat Medic
- Combat Professor
- Coordinated Charge
- Daysquad Marshal
- Defend the Campus
- Emeria Captain
- Eron the Relentless
- Falconer Adept
- Farsight Adept
- Ferocification
- Flameborn Hellion
- Flowstone Channeler
- Flowstone Hellion
- Flowstone Strike
- Furnace Spirit
- Gale Swooper
- Gerrard's Irregulars
- Giant Cockroach
- Giant Trap Door Spider
- Glory Bearers
- Gods' Hall Guardian
- Goldmaw Champion
- Halam Djinn
- Helica Glider
- Hell-Bent Raider
- Hero of the Winds
- Hotfoot Gnome
- Involuntary Employment
- Iron-Barb Hellion
- Kabira Outrider
- Knight of the Keep
- Lava Hounds
- Leonin of the Lost Pride
- Leviathan
- Lorehold Pledgemage
- Makeshift Battalion
- Makindi Ox
- Master Skald
- Mesa Lynx
- Metallic Mastery
- Minotaur Tactician
- Night Revelers
- Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
- Paired Tactician
- Patagia Tiger
- Pillardrop Rescuer
- Polar Kraken
- Racecourse Fury
- Rage Weaver
- Raging Minotaur
- Razorjaw Oni
- Resupply
- Rhuk, Hexgold Nabber
- Rowan, Fearless Sparkmage
- Rush the Room
- Savai Sabertooth
- Scorch Rider
- Screaming Fury
- Sea Gate Banneret
- Secure the Scene
- Shepherd of Heroes
- Siege Striker
- Silverquill Pledgemage
- Stonerise Spirit
- Story Seeker
- Study Break
- Take for a Ride
- Tazeem Raptor
- Tenement Crasher
- The Shattered States Era
- Thunder Brute
- Toralf, God of Fury
- Traitorous Instinct
- True Polymorph
- Twist Allegiance
- Uncanny Speed
- Valorous Steed
- Vastwood Zendikon
- Vengeful Firebrand
- Vulshok Berserker
- Warded Battlements
- Warhorn Blast
- Whip Sergeant
- Wild Colos
- Witch's Clinic
- Withstand
Cards Played First
- A Killer Among Us
- Ageless Guardian
- Alaborn Musketeer
- Allied Assault
- Alrund, God of the Cosmos
- Ambush Party
- Angel of Suffering
- Angelheart Protector
- Ankle Biter
- Arni Metalbrow
- Ashen Monstrosity
- Assault on Osgiliath
- Atarka's Command
- Aurelia, the Warleader
- Axgard Braggart
- Baral and Kari Zev
- Bard Class
- Battershield Warrior
- Battle Plan
- Blade Banish
- Blade-Tribe Berserkers
- Bloodline Pretender
- Bloodthorn Taunter
- Breya's Apprentice
- Burning-Yard Trainer
- Cabaretti Courtyard
- Calamity, Galloping Inferno
- Call a Surprise Witness
- Callous Sell-Sword
- Canyon Jerboa
- Captivating Cave
- Captivating Unicorn
- Caught Red-Handed
- Celestial Enforcer
- Chandra's Firemaw
- Char-Rumbler
- Checkpoint Officer
- Chromium
- Cliffhaven Sell-Sword
- Combat Medic
- Combat Professor
- Combine Chrysalis
- Coordinated Charge
- Danitha, New Benalia's Light
- Dauntless Unity
- Daysquad Marshal
- Defend the Campus
- Dog Walker
- Dragonwing Glider
- Dreadfeast Demon
- Dreadmaw's Ire
- Dual Strike
- Emeria Captain
- Emeria, the Sky Ruin
- Emissary of Grudges
- Enduring Courage
- Eron the Relentless
- Expose the Culprit
- Extract a Confession
- Fae Offering
- Falconer Adept
- False Dawn
- Farsight Adept
- Ferocification
- Festerleech
- Flameborn Hellion
- Flare of Duplication
- Fleeting Spirit
- Floodhound
- Flowstone Channeler
- Flowstone Hellion
- Flowstone Strike
- Furnace Spirit
- Gale Swooper
- Garruk, Unleashed
- Gerrard's Irregulars
- Giant Cockroach
- Giant Trap Door Spider
- Glory Bearers
- Gods' Hall Guardian
- Goldmaw Champion
- Graf Reaver
- Halam Djinn
- Helica Glider
- Hell-Bent Raider
- Hero of the Winds
- Hotfoot Gnome
- Involuntary Employment
- Iron-Barb Hellion
- Isperia, Supreme Judge
- Jack-o'-Lantern
- Kabira Outrider
- Kappa Tech-Wrecker
- Karoo Meerkat
- Knight of the Keep
- Lava Hounds
- Legion's Landing
- Leonin of the Lost Pride
- Leviathan
- Lorehold Pledgemage
- Lucky Offering
- Magus of the Will
- Makeshift Battalion
- Makindi Ox
- Master Skald
- Mesa Lynx
- Metallic Mastery
- Mindlink Mech
- Minotaur Tactician
- Mosswort Bridge
- Night Revelers
- Norin, Swift Survivalist
- Not on My Watch
- Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
- Pain // Suffering
- Paired Tactician
- Patagia Tiger
- Phyrexian Unlife
- Pillardrop Rescuer
- Polar Kraken
- Racecourse Fury
- Rage Weaver
- Raging Minotaur
- Razorfield Thresher
- Razorjaw Oni
- Red Herring
- Reshape
- Restless Ridgeline
- Resupply
- Rhuk, Hexgold Nabber
- Roiling Regrowth
- Rowan, Fearless Sparkmage
- Rush the Room
- Savai Sabertooth
- Scorch Rider
- Screaming Fury
- Sea Gate Banneret
- Secure the Scene
- Shepherd of Heroes
- Siege Striker
- Sigarda's Splendor
- Silverquill Pledgemage
- Stalwart Valkyrie
- Staunch Shieldmate
- Stonerise Spirit
- Story Seeker
- Study Break
- Sword of Body and Mind
- Take for a Ride
- Tazeem Raptor
- Tempered Veteran
- Tenement Crasher
- Terisian Mindbreaker
- The Shattered States Era
- Thermopod
- Thunder Brute
- Toralf, God of Fury
- Torens, Fist of the Angels
- Traitorous Instinct
- Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
- Trial of Agony
- True Polymorph
- Turn Inside Out
- Twist Allegiance
- Uncanny Speed
- Valorous Steed
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
- Vastwood Zendikon
- Vengeful Firebrand
- Viashino Branchrider
- Vicious Clown
- Volatile Arsonist
- Vulshok Berserker
- Warded Battlements
- Warhorn Blast
- Whip Sergeant
- Wild Colos
- Witch's Clinic
- Withstand
- Yavimaya Iconoclast
- You Are Already Dead
- You Find Some Prisoners