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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 215–117 | 64.8 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 2245 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 4–12 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Kithkin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 30 | 49–30 | 62.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Storm | 6 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 12 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 10 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 8 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 77–31 | 71.3 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 6 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 13 | 41–12 | 77.4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 32–14 | 69.6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Wizards | 12 | 25–9 | 73.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Displace Loop | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Familiars | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 12 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 12 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Midrange | 9 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Defenders | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
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
- Finale of Revelation
- 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