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 6 days, 14 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | 387–649 | 37.4 | 2 | 5 | 1151 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 43 | 63–100 | 38.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 7 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 14 | 28–33 | 45.9 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 7 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Illusions | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | |||||
| Hexproof | 1 | |||||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 62 | 78–134 | 36.8 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 14 | 22–32 | 40.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 7 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Citadel Storm | 6 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 11 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 13 | 20–35 | 36.4 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Dredge | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 20 | 32–47 | 40.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 8 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Sultai Control | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 20 | 17–36 | 32.1 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 11 | 12–22 | 35.3 | 1 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 35 | 53–81 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 24 | 43–51 | 45.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Midrange | 95 | 96–214 | 31.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 8 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Esper Wave | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Vampires | 8 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 8 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 24–30 | 44.4 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 11 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Game Objects | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 47–37 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eureka! | 17 | 47–36 | 56.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Admonition Angel
- Blood Artist
- Borborygmos
- Dirge Bat
- Dismiss into Dream
- Dragon Turtle
- Dragonskull Summit
- Dream Trawler
- Dying to Serve
- Ecologist's Terrarium
- Ethersworn Adjudicator
- Jwari Disruption
- Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- Mayael the Anima
- Muddle the Mixture
- Nimbus Maze
- Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
- Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
- Runic Armasaur
- Shipwreck Dowser
- Silundi Vision
- Thornling
- Village Rites
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan