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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | 371–409 | 47.6 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 1384 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 77 | 185–145 | 56.1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 43–30 | 58.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 12 | 34–23 | 59.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Prisoner | 2 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 25 | 71–41 | 63.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Odric Keywords | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Chroma White | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Warriors | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 16–37 | 30.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 13–25 | 34.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 51 | 96–132 | 42.1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Jund | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elementals | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 30–27 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Adamant Will
- Aggressive Urge
- Always Watching
- Ballynock Cohort
- Blind Zealot
- Chimeric Egg
- Deathbringer Thoctar
- Demonmail Hauberk
- Divine Verdict
- Dust of Moments
- Eon Hub
- Excoriate
- Grand Melee
- Gruesome Deformity
- Hatchet Bully
- Hero of Leina Tower
- Highspire Mantis
- Hope Charm
- Ion Storm
- Knight of the White Orchid
- Kuro, Pitlord
- Labyrinth Champion
- Lovisa Coldeyes
- Lust for War
- Mindwrack Liege
- Naked Singularity
- Nettling Curse
- Pitiless Vizier
- Progenitor Mimic
- Rowen
- Scorchwalker
- Seismic Elemental
- Sinister Possession
- Skull Collector
- Skyshroud Condor
- Species Gorger
- Sphere of Safety
- Tatterkite
- Viridian Zealot
- Voiceless Spirit
- Vorosh, the Hunter
- Woodcutter's Grit
- Worldslayer
- Zektar Shrine Expedition