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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | 957–466–8 | 67.3 | 23 | 116 | 34 | 2085 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 224 | 678–326–8 | 67.5 | 20 | 89 | 24 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 22 | 62–40–1 | 60.8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Heroic | 131 | 435–178–7 | 71.0 | 18 | 65 | 14 |
| Mono White Heroic | 104 | 357–132–7 | 73.0 | 16 | 56 | 13 |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 26 | 78–45 | 63.4 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 39–22 | 63.9 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 20 | 38–32 | 54.3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 27 | 72–43 | 62.6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Affinity | 17 | 41–26 | 61.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Madness | 3 | 14–1 | 93.3 | 2 | ||
| Gruul Madness | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 16 | 44–19 | 69.8 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 10 | 29–12 | 70.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 25–11 | 69.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 9 | 25–11 | 69.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Necro Combo | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Deathmantle Necro | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Control | 22 | 47–31 | 60.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 3 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 56–28 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Burn | 9 | 29–13 | 69.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 22 | 70–35 | 66.7 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Approach Necro | 17 | 57–28 | 67.1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Displace Loop | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Familiars | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 16 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Vampires | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Necro Midrange | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Ardent Recruit
- Armored Ascension
- Army Ants
- Asylum Visitor
- Bonds of Faith
- Built to Last
- Claws of Wirewood
- Coalition Flag
- Consuming Vapors
- Crown of Awe
- Deadeye Tormentor
- Death Spark
- Desert of the Indomitable
- Distortion Strike
- Earnest Fellowship
- Expedition Envoy
- Flashfires
- Gelid Shackles
- Goblin Bushwhacker
- Goblin Chainwhirler
- Goblin Grenade
- Gryff's Boon
- Hanweir Militia Captain
- Hidetsugu's Second Rite
- Isamaru, Hound of Konda
- Jinxed Choker
- Launch the Fleet
- Leonin Sun Standard
- Lupine Prototype
- Magus of the Tabernacle
- Memnite
- Pale Recluse
- Plargg, Dean of Chaos
- Prison Term
- Reckless Bushwhacker
- Repulse
- Rhonas's Monument
- Scalding Tongs
- Sedge Troll
- Seekers' Squire
- Shefet Monitor
- Spirit Bonds
- Steel of the Godhead
- Sunlance
- Sunscorched Desert
- Throne of the God-Pharaoh
- Undying Evil
- Wily Goblin
- Wojek Siren