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, 20 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | 625–622–1 | 50.1 | 6 | 90 | 7 | 1669 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 57–57 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 7 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 78 | 149–151 | 49.7 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Demonic Rising | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 13 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blackpost | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Galleon Control | 11 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 12 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Prison | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 28 | 49–60–1 | 45.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Curses | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 23–28–1 | 45.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wildfire | 10 | 19–22–1 | 46.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 123 | 238–250 | 48.8 | 3 | 37 | 3 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 24 | 44–50 | 46.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Blink | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Acid Trip | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hellion Whip | 18 | 35–34 | 50.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Death Cloud | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 22 | 42–47 | 47.2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Applejacks | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
- Ancient Animus
- Arborback Stomper
- Armored Scrapgorger
- Assure // Assemble
- Blue Sun's Zenith
- Bull Elephant
- Dawnglow Infusion
- Debt to the Deathless
- Deep Analysis
- Deranged Assistant
- Emerald Medallion
- Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
- Gala Greeters
- God-Eternal Oketra
- Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- Hazoret's Favor
- Hedonist's Trove
- Hex Parasite
- Hornet Nest
- In the Presence of Ages
- Journey of Discovery
- Jugan, the Rising Star
- Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
- Kaya's Onslaught
- Life's Legacy
- Lifeforce
- Lignify
- Liliana's Reaver
- Magebane Lizard
- Magus of the Moat
- Nantuko Monastery
- Nezahal, Primal Tide
- Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
- Nighthawk Scavenger
- Novablast Wurm
- Nullstone Gargoyle
- Ochre Jelly
- Pit of Offerings
- Polukranos Reborn
- Quagnoth
- Reap
- Restless Prairie
- Root Maze
- Secluded Glen
- Selesnya Sanctuary
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Sigarda, Font of Blessings
- Sky Tether
- Soul Warden
- Sphere of Annihilation
- Sphinx of the Final Word
- Starfield of Nyx
- The Trickster-God's Heist
- Tribute to the World Tree
- Unbreakable Bond
- Vren, the Relentless
- Wood Elemental