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 8 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246 | 394–407 | 49.2 | 8 | 73 | 1660 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 20–23 | 46.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 132 | 202–219 | 48.0 | 4 | 41 | |
| Esper Control | 33 | 57–59 | 49.1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 17 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Control | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 23 | 19–36 | 34.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 17 | 14–26 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 18 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jeskai Approach | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 35 | 52–59 | 46.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Curses | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 17 | 12–30 | 28.6 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 41 | 75–68 | 52.4 | 2 | 15 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 19–5 | 79.2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abundant Growth
- Beanstalk Wurm
- Black Sun's Zenith
- Blood Reckoning
- Bright Reprisal
- Clearwater Goblet
- Coral Eel
- Farseek
- Fire Diamond
- Gadwick, the Wizened
- Into the Story
- Invincible Hymn
- Koth, Fire of Resistance
- Languish
- Long-Term Plans
- Meishin, the Mind Cage
- Migration Path
- Moldervine Reclamation
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Nissa Revane
- Praetor's Grasp
- Protection of the Hekma
- Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
- Skull Prophet
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
- The Cruelty of Gix
- Vivien Reid