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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378 | 920–539 | 63.1 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 2286 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 66 | 203–85 | 70.5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 20 | 75–22 | 77.3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Tokens | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Zombies | 20 | 73–26 | 73.7 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Merfolk | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 8 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Humans | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Bant Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 61 | 117–106 | 52.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Storm | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 9 | 17–14 | 54.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Eggs | 10 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |||
| Saffi Combo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 15 | 41–27 | 60.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 8 | 28–13 | 68.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 37 | 59–75 | 44.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Esper Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stax | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Galleon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 109 | 328–130 | 71.6 | 3 | 16 | 12 |
| Aristocrats | 57 | 180–68 | 72.6 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 5 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 47 | 159–55 | 74.3 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Hermit Humans | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 48 | 141–56 | 71.6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Goblin Persist | 43 | 132–47 | 73.7 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Dirty Kitty | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 56–29 | 65.9 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Simic Vat | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 14 | 30–18 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Familiars | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 63 | 141–105 | 57.3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 17 | 43–24 | 64.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Wave Blink | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Vampires | 9 | 23–9 | 71.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 7 | 22–6 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 3 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 8 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Vat | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| UBRG Neoform | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Commander | 14 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Advice from the Fae
- Aetherize
- Aethertide Whale
- Angelsong
- Aven Mimeomancer
- Biomass Mutation
- Brineborn Cutthroat
- By Force
- Caught in the Crossfire
- Deafening Silence
- Diviner's Wand
- Dry Spell
- Elemental Uprising
- Ethercaste Knight
- Fevered Visions
- Goblin Chirurgeon
- Golden Egg
- Homicide Investigator
- Hunter's Insight
- Information Dealer
- Keeper of the Nine Gales
- Mangara of Corondor
- Merfolk Thaumaturgist
- Neurok Invisimancer
- Ovinize
- Perilous Voyage
- Plaguecrafter
- Prismite
- Puppeteer
- Ravenous Chupacabra
- Sage of Epityr
- Seaside Haven
- Self-Assembler
- Serendib Sorcerer
- Shipwreck Sifters
- Snapping Gnarlid
- Soratami Savant
- Spell Syphon
- Spiketail Drake
- Staff of the Flame Magus
- Stream of Unconsciousness
- Thalakos Seer
- Watcher for Tomorrow
- Wingcrafter
- Wings of Velis Vel