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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | 345–191 | 64.4 | 7 | 35 | 18 | 2232 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 32 | 63–31 | 67.0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokens | 8 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 6 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 8 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 29 | 42–37 | 53.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Storm | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 15 | 31–18 | 63.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Dredge | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Control | 29 | 35–35 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 8 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 7 | 23–8 | 74.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 52 | 143–50 | 74.1 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 40 | 130–38 | 77.4 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Cosmic Epiphany
- Cyclone
- Gavony Trapper
- Geth, Thane of Contracts
- Haunted Library
- Invulnerability
- Kheru Dreadmaw
- Laboratory Drudge
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Llanowar Envoy
- Meteor Swarm
- Mount Velus Manticore
- Mystic Skull
- Nightfire Giant
- Nova Pentacle
- Rimewind Taskmage
- Sharae of Numbing Depths
- Woodland Acolyte
Cards Played First
- Abstruse Appropriation
- Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
- Academy Loremaster
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Arabella, Abandoned Doll
- Banish into Fable
- Banishing Slash
- Behold the Unspeakable
- Besotted Knight
- Borne Upon a Wind
- Bramble Familiar
- Brokers Charm
- Burning Sun's Fury
- Callous Bloodmage
- Case of the Ransacked Lab
- Charming Prince
- Chupacabra Echo
- Clay-Fired Bricks
- Cloudsteel Kirin
- Coastal Bulwark
- Complete the Circuit
- Conduit of Worlds
- Converter Beast
- Cosmic Epiphany
- Curse of Silence
- Cyclone
- Debt to the Kami
- Destroy Evil
- Doomskar
- Dreadhound
- Echoing Decay
- Energy Refractor
- Extinction Event
- Extraplanar Lens
- Fallaji Archaeologist
- Fell
- Flooded Grove
- Floriferous Vinewall
- Flourishing Bloom-Kin
- Flow of Knowledge
- Galvanic Discharge
- Gavony Trapper
- Geth, Thane of Contracts
- Gifts Ungiven
- Glimpse of Nature
- Grabby Giant
- Guardian of Ghirapur
- Halo Scarab
- Haunted Library
- Helping Hand
- Hidden Courtyard
- Hidden Necropolis
- Honeymoon Hearse
- Hurkyl, Master Wizard
- Ill-Timed Explosion
- Invulnerability
- Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
- Kaya's Guile
- Kess, Dissident Mage
- Kheru Dreadmaw
- Kozilek, the Broken Reality
- Laboratory Drudge
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Leyline of Abundance
- Llanowar Envoy
- Lounge
- Ludevic, Necrogenius
- Make Your Move
- Mechanized Warfare
- Meteor Swarm
- Mizzix's Mastery
- Mount Velus Manticore
- Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
- Mystic Skull
- Needlethorn Drake
- Nightfire Giant
- Nova Pentacle
- Over the Edge
- Papercraft Decoy
- Phosphorescent Feast
- Phyrexian Vindicator
- Power Artifact
- Profane Tutor
- Proft's Eidetic Memory
- Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
- Radiant Epicure
- Restless Vents
- Rimewind Taskmage
- Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
- Sapphire Medallion
- Sauron, the Dark Lord
- Shadow of the Second Sun
- Sharae of Numbing Depths
- Shield-Wall Sentinel
- Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
- Soul Search
- Spell Queller
- Spring-Loaded Sawblades
- Steamcore Scholar
- Stern Lesson
- Sunbird Standard
- Tenth District Hero
- The Dragon-Kami Reborn
- The Elder Dragon War
- The Witch's Vanity
- Thing in the Ice
- Tune the Narrative
- Unable to Scream
- Uncharted Haven
- Vengeful Devil
- Virtue of Knowledge
- Voracious Hydra
- Water Wings
- Weakstone's Subjugation
- Weatherlight Compleated
- Well of Ideas
- Witness Protection
- Woodland Acolyte