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 |
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593 | 862–1059 | 44.9 | 7 | 65 | 7 | 1400 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 108 | 212–169 | 55.6 | 4 | 18 | 3 |
Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Heroic | 26 | 69–39 | 63.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Mono White Heroic | 23 | 67–35 | 65.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Azorius Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 20 | 36–28 | 56.3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Prisoner | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
Goblins | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Tokens | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
White Weenie | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Soldiers | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Mono White Humans | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Elves | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Rogues | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Zombies | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 9 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Affinity | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Tempered Steel | 5 | 15–2 | 88.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
Devastating Dreams | 8 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 0 | 5 | |
Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Gruul Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Voltron | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Hexproof | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Boros Auras | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Cats | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
Mono White Cats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Selesnya Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Combo | 58 | 55–94 | 36.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Storm | 11 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
High Tide | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Swath Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Reanimator | 8 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
New Perspectives | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Fake-Twin | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Anvil Colossus | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Eggs | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Nadu Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Control | 172 | 220–311 | 41.4 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
Mono Black Control | 20 | 18–44 | 29.0 | |||
Esper Control | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Demonic Rising | 11 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Control | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Dimir Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Azorius Control | 43 | 77–59 | 56.6 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Adam's Ale | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mill | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Boros Control | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 10 | 15–24 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 7 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Cruel Control | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Jeskai Control | 10 | 8–18 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Grixis Dragons | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Galleon Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Ponza | 14 | 16–26 | 38.1 | |||
Mono White Control | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
Astral Slide | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Five Color Control | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Control | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Aggro-Combo | 65 | 80–116 | 40.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Aristocrats | 32 | 38–65 | 36.9 | |||
Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 14 | 23–29 | 44.2 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Food | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Burn | 21 | 33–31 | 51.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Turbo Myth | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Hushnought | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Goblin Persist | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Dirty Kitty | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Aggro-Control | 14 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Izzet Tempo | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sultai Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 53 | 78–118 | 39.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Cruel Combo-Control | 6 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Battle of Wits | 28 | 42–65 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Pickles | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Displace Loop | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Peregrine Drake | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Familiars | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Hive Mind | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Wildfire | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Midrange | 98 | 141–180 | 43.9 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
Temur Ascendancy | 8 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 1 | 2 | |
Grenzo | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Blink | 13 | 14–19 | 42.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Wave Blink | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Esper Wave | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Azorius Wave | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Allies | 8 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mardu Allies | 3 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | |
BRGW Allies | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
-1/-1 Counters | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Fake-Rack | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Selvala Morningstar | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Vampires | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Big Red | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Angels | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Mono White Angels | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Sultai Emerge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Temur Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Clerics | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
Game Objects | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Ramp | 24 | 42–45 | 48.3 | 1 | 5 | |
Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 1 | 4 | |
Greenpost | 15 | 33–25 | 56.9 | 1 | 4 | |
Unclassified | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Academy Elite
- Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
- Amnesia
- Animal Magnetism
- Archon of Redemption
- Armada Wurm
- Athreos, God of Passage
- Bounty of the Hunt
- Calming Verse
- Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
- Corpse Knight
- Court Hussar
- Detainment Spell
- Deus of Calamity
- Diabolic Edict
- Don't Make a Sound
- Emancipation Angel
- Embraal Bruiser
- Enduring Angel
- Eternal Dominion
- Eye of the Storm
- Faerie Tauntings
- Fire Shrine Keeper
- Firespitter Whelp
- Gather Specimens
- Goblin Anarchomancer
- Groundbreaker
- Harvest Wurm
- Heat of Battle
- Hellkite Whelp
- Impassioned Orator
- Iname as One
- Innocuous Rat
- Jinxed Ring
- Karn's Temporal Sundering
- Krovikan Horror
- Kumena's Awakening
- Leonin Snarecaster
- Llawan, Cephalid Empress
- Magda, the Hoardmaster
- Mangara's Blessing
- Mass Hysteria
- Mind Slash
- Mist-Cloaked Herald
- Murder Investigation
- Pale Rider of Trostad
- Petravark
- Phyresis
- Pitiless Plunderer
- Psychic Miasma
- Reluctant Role Model
- Repeated Reverberation
- Resculpt
- Riftsweeper
- Ring of Gix
- Riverfall Mimic
- Sadistic Sacrament
- Searing Flesh
- Searing Rays
- Seer's Vision
- Sicken
- Skirk Shaman
- Soul Stair Expedition
- Storm Fleet Arsonist
- Sun's Bounty
- Surprise Deployment
- Thrull Retainer
- Tolarian Winds
- Trading Post
- Two-Headed Giant
- Venarian Glimmer
- Vexing Sphinx
- Wail of the Nim
- Wei Night Raiders
- Zombie Cannibal