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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | 162–244 | 39.9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1367 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 36–60 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Humans | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo | 39 | 62–58 | 51.7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 23 | 47–35 | 57.3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Boros Glimpse | 14 | 38–19 | 66.7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 8 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 3–21 | 12.5 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 39 | 44–61 | 41.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 17 | 27–26 | 50.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 11 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 7 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Abandoned Campground
- Arc Spitter
- Bleeding Woods
- Bovine Intervention
- Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
- Cephalopod Sentry
- Dragon Broodmother
- Eldrazi Monument
- Etched Cornfield
- Geth, Lord of the Vault
- Grand Master of Flowers
- Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
- Iridian Maelstrom
- Lakeside Shack
- Layla Hassan
- Lieutenant Kirtar
- Murky Sewer
- Peculiar Lighthouse
- Perimeter Enforcer
- Private Eye
- Promise of Tomorrow
- Razortrap Gorge
- Roaming Throne
- Saruman of Many Colors
- Scrollshift
- Sheriff of Safe Passage
- Soratami Cloudskater
- Strangled Cemetery
- The Animus
- The Spear of Leonidas
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Cards Played First
- Abandoned Campground
- Arc Spitter
- Aurelia, the Law Above
- Aya of Alexandria
- Bayek of Siwa
- Bleeding Woods
- Bovine Intervention
- Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
- Carrot Cake
- Cephalopod Sentry
- Cerebral Confiscation
- Dark Confidant
- Dewdrop Cure
- Disturbing Conversion
- Dragon Broodmother
- Drana, Liberator of Malakir
- Eldrazi Monument
- Elspeth's Smite
- Etched Cornfield
- Fortune, Loyal Steed
- Furnace Host Charger
- Getaway Glamer
- Geth, Lord of the Vault
- Gisela, the Broken Blade
- Grand Master of Flowers
- Heart of Kiran
- Hellspur Posse Boss
- Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
- Iridian Maelstrom
- Lakeside Shack
- Layla Hassan
- Lieutenant Kirtar
- Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms
- Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
- Maelstrom Archangel
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Mistway Spy
- Murky Sewer
- Neglected Manor
- Parting Gust
- Peculiar Lighthouse
- Perimeter Enforcer
- Private Eye
- Promise of Tomorrow
- Rakdos Joins Up
- Raucous Carnival
- Razortrap Gorge
- Resplendent Angel
- Roaming Throne
- Saruman of Many Colors
- Scrollshift
- Shadow of the Enemy
- Sheriff of Safe Passage
- Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
- Soratami Cloudskater
- Steer Clear
- Storm of Saruman
- Strangled Cemetery
- Sword of Hearth and Home
- The Animus
- The Kami War
- The Spear of Leonidas
- Traumatic Revelation
- Valkyrie Harbinger
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide
- Wrangler of the Damned