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 |
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867 | 864–1227 | 41.3 | 15 | 1567 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 208 | 252–287 | 46.8 | 6 | ||
Heroic | 9 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Heroic | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Heroic | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
Red Deck Wins | 11 | 19–15 | 55.9 | |||
Goblins | 16 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |||
Tokens | 8 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
White Weenie | 30 | 49–36 | 57.6 | |||
Soldiers | 14 | 28–16 | 63.6 | |||
Mono White Humans | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Elves | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Counters | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Zombies | 12 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Merfolk | 9 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 48 | 67–69 | 49.3 | 2 | ||
Affinity | 33 | 53–46 | 53.5 | 1 | ||
Hardened Scales Affinity | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Tempered Steel | 13 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 12 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 1 | ||
Hexproof | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Slivers | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Knights | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Humans | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Boros Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Legends Aggro | 10 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 | ||
Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Permanent Vacation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 126 | 157–165 | 48.8 | 5 | ||
Storm | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
Hazoret Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Simic Storm | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Swath Storm | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Reanimator | 14 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 1 | ||
Recurring Nightmare | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Orzhov Reanimator | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 10 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Warp World | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
Boros Glimpse | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
Maniac Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Taking Turns | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Breakfast | 20 | 39–23 | 62.9 | 1 | ||
Hermit Gond | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Oops All Spells | 19 | 37–21 | 63.8 | 1 | ||
Dredge | 24 | 28–33 | 45.9 | |||
Insidious Roots Dredge | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Belcher | 1 | |||||
Nadu Combo | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
Amalia Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Control | 123 | 86–176 | 32.8 | |||
Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Demonic Rising | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 8 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Azorius Control | 20 | 23–30 | 43.4 | |||
Cawblade | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
Turbo Fog | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Mardu Control | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 10 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Grixis Control | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Stax | 6 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Jeskai Control | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Ponza | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
Mono White Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Control | 8 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Pox | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Enchantments Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Orzhov Control | 11 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
Prison | 11 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Enchantress | 11 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 48 | 52–67 | 43.7 | 1 | ||
Aristocrats | 22 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Food | 8 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Bombardment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Burn | 9 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
Infect | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 11 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Goblin Persist | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Aggro-Control | 59 | 53–78 | 40.5 | 2 | ||
Simic Flash | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Azorius Skies | 10 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
Wizards | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Spells | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 22 | 21–41 | 33.9 | |||
Curses | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Displace Loop | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Familiars | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 8–24 | 25.0 | |||
Wildfire | 10 | 8–23 | 25.8 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Greasefang | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Midrange | 249 | 217–351 | 38.2 | 1 | ||
The Rock | 7 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 18 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Jund | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Blink | 38 | 42–58 | 42.0 | 1 | ||
Graveyard Value | 14 | 7–20 | 25.9 | |||
Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 9 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Vampires | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 10 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
Naya Midrange | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Big Red | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
Necro Midrange | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 14 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
Martyr's Grace | 6 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Adventures | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Fight Rigging | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 16 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |||
Jeskai Midrange | 12 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 11 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 16 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
Game Objects | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Ramp | 32 | 25–62 | 28.7 | |||
Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Channel-Rofellos | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 11 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
Greenpost | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Gruul Post | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
Domain | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Eureka! | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Field Ramp | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Aeromunculus
- Armament of Nyx
- Bloodhaze Wolverine
- Exotic Pets
- Foundry Screecher
- Giant's Skewer
- Gnarled Effigy
- Knightly Valor
- Lassoed by the Law
- Reaper's Talisman
- Reinforcements
- Serra's Embrace
- Shinechaser
- Spellbane Centaur
- Spike Breeder
- Surgical Suite // Hospital Room
- Utvara Hellkite
- Void Maw
- Whispersteel Dagger
- Zealous Strike
- Zephid's Embrace
Cards Played First
- Acquisition Octopus
- Aeromunculus
- Armament of Nyx
- Avacyn's Collar
- Axebane Ferox
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- Bloodhaze Wolverine
- Braingeyser
- Canyon Crab
- Cemetery Illuminator
- Chief Engineer
- Clattering Augur
- Coati Scavenger
- Commanding Presence
- Conclave Cavalier
- Conclave Guildmage
- Conquering Manticore
- Covert Technician
- Cranial Ram
- Creeping Chill
- Deathmist Raptor
- Deeproot Wayfinder
- Detention Sphere
- Discerning Taste
- Dolmen Gate
- Dreamshackle Geist
- Edgar, Charmed Groom
- Elspeth's Nightmare
- Ensoul Artifact
- Estrid's Invocation
- Exotic Pets
- Eye of Vecna
- Fanatical Offering
- Fear of Abduction
- Foundry Screecher
- Garruk's Uprising
- Geistwave
- Geralf's Masterpiece
- Geralf's Messenger
- Giant's Skewer
- Gisa and Geralf
- Glissa, the Traitor
- Glorious Protector
- Gnarled Effigy
- Goddric, Cloaked Reveler
- Hagra Mauling
- Harsh Mercy
- Headless Rider
- Honest Rutstein
- Hungering Hydra
- Invigorating Hot Spring
- Invoke the Divine
- Ionize
- Izzet Boilerworks
- Jace, the Living Guildpact
- Kaervek, the Punisher
- Kami's Flare
- Knightly Valor
- Kodama's Might
- Lagonna-Band Storyteller
- Lassoed by the Law
- Lovestruck Beast
- Manifold Key
- Merchant of the Vale
- Mesmerizing Benthid
- Mire's Grasp
- Mischievous Chimera
- Mulldrifter
- Network Disruptor
- Nezumi Shortfang
- Nissa, Vital Force
- Nullhide Ferox
- Orazca Puzzle-Door
- Parhelion II
- Primal Empathy
- Proper Burial
- Prosperous Thief
- Push // Pull
- Quiet Disrepair
- Rain of Salt
- Razorlash Transmogrant
- Reaper's Talisman
- Regenesis
- Reinforcements
- Relentless Pursuit
- Resurgent Belief
- Reveillark
- Rhythm of the Wild
- Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
- Runes of the Deus
- Ruthless Invasion
- Safehold Elite
- Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
- Scorn-Blade Berserker
- Sea Gate Oracle
- Serra's Embrace
- Sharktocrab
- Shinechaser
- Sigiled Sword of Valeron
- Simian Simulacrum
- Simic Ascendancy
- Solitary Confinement
- Spark Reaper
- Spellbane Centaur
- Spellbook Vendor
- Spike Breeder
- Steel Seraph
- Stolen by the Fae
- Sumala Woodshaper
- Surgical Suite // Hospital Room
- Teysa, Orzhov Scion
- Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
- Thatcher Revolt
- The Binding of the Titans
- Thirst for Meaning
- Toluz, Clever Conductor
- Topiary Panther
- Trumpeting Herd
- Upriser Renegade
- Urza's Incubator
- Utvara Hellkite
- Valiant Veteran
- Venser, Shaper Savant
- Vernadi Shieldmate
- Void Maw
- Wakeroot Elemental
- Whispersteel Dagger
- Wildfire Wickerfolk
- Wojek Bodyguard
- Zealous Strike
- Zephid's Embrace