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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | 420–164 | 71.9 | 18 | 49 | 20 | 2245 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 29–9 | 76.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Heroic | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 83 | 237–83 | 74.1 | 12 | 29 | 11 |
| Storm | 39 | 126–40 | 75.9 | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 35 | 119–35 | 77.3 | 9 | 18 | 3 |
| High Tide | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 8 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 20 | 76–18 | 80.9 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Oops All Spells | 19 | 76–16 | 82.6 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Unctus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 26 | 58–28 | 67.4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 20 | 54–19 | 74.0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 23 | 55–22 | 71.4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Mindcrank | 9 | 26–6 | 81.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Displace Loop | 7 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Familiars | 7 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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