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 9 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 810 | 1986–1436 | 58.0 | 30 | 143 | 45 | 1954 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 378 | 996–608 | 62.1 | 25 | 96 | 25 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroic | 27 | 57–52 | 52.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 24 | 51–48 | 51.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 191 | 564–283 | 66.6 | 18 | 64 | 15 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tokens | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 16 | 44–25 | 63.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 35 | 92–58 | 61.3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Elves | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Rogues | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 13 | 32–18 | 64.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 19 | 41–32 | 56.2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 Whack | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Hexproof | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Knights | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Cats | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 10 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 89 | 165–201 | 45.1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Storm | 9 | 8–26 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 20 | 38–48 | 44.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 9 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 1 | ||
| Breakfast | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Lands | 15 | 19–45 | 29.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Storm Herald | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 28 | 57–52 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Ponza | 20 | 45–38 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 80 | 159–166 | 48.9 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Aristocrats | 12 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Burn | 14 | 22–27 | 44.9 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 21 | 40–48 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 13 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 13 | 25–31 | 44.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 7 | 27–9 | 75.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pickles | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 110 | 254–204 | 55.5 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 12 | 38–17 | 69.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mardu Allies | 12 | 38–17 | 69.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 14 | 27–29 | 48.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 54 | 139–94 | 59.7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 14 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 9 | 17–10 | 63.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mutate | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 111 | 305–180 | 62.9 | 2 | 18 | 8 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 23 | 55–37 | 59.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wild Pair | 9 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 | ||
| Channel-Rofellos | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 79 | 235–127 | 64.9 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 66 | 203–107 | 65.5 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| Gruul Post | 12 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Eureka! | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Acclaimed Contender
- Alpine Houndmaster
- Alpine Watchdog
- Alseid of Life's Bounty
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge
- Ancestral Anger
- Ancient Stirrings
- Apex of Power
- Bala Ged Recovery
- Barbed Batterfist
- Bloody Betrayal
- Bolt Hound
- Burning Hands
- Burning-Tree Emissary
- Caravan Escort
- Cauldron Familiar
- Chittering Rats
- Chromatic Star
- Cinderclasm
- Claim the Firstborn
- Colossal Plow
- Curse of the Pierced Heart
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- Daybreak Chimera
- Deflecting Palm
- End the Festivities
- Endbringer
- Everlasting Torment
- Expedition Map
- Exquisite Firecraft
- Fervent Champion
- Field of Ruin
- Firebolt
- Flamescroll Celebrant
- Flicker of Fate
- Frog Tongue
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Gavony Dawnguard
- Giant Ox
- Gingerbread Cabin
- Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer
- Goblin Bombardment
- Hazoret the Fervent
- Hope of Ghirapur
- Igneous Cur
- Karametra's Blessing
- Kumano Faces Kakkazan
- Leyline of Punishment
- Lingering Tormentor
- Lithomantic Barrage
- Marauding Raptor
- Migratory Greathorn
- Mogg Fanatic
- Molten Rain
- Nyx Herald
- Outland Liberator
- Overwhelmed Apprentice
- Pack's Betrayal
- Pharika's Libation
- Phoenix Chick
- Phyrexian Battleflies
- Piper of the Swarm
- Quartzwood Crasher
- Reclamation Sage
- Reinforced Ronin
- Rimrock Knight
- Rosethorn Halberd
- Samut's Sprint
- Sarulf's Packmate
- Sephara, Sky's Blade
- Shaile, Dean of Radiance
- Shared Summons
- Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
- Sovereign's Bite
- Syr Faren, the Hengehammer
- The Triumph of Anax
- Throne of Makindi
- Tooth and Nail
- Torch Song
- Trapped in the Tower
- Underworld Fires
- Underworld Rage-Hound
- Venerable Knight
- Viashino Pyromancer
- Wight
- Wildwood Tracker
- Witch's Oven
- Woodland Champion
- Worthy Knight
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster