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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295 | 450–525 | 46.2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 1479 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 59 | 101–106 | 48.8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 26–14 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 10 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 11 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Hellbent | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 47 | 76–71 | 51.7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 11 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Living Death | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Biovisionary | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Murderous Mastery | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Saffi Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 41 | 54–63 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | ||
| Blackpost | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Astral Slide | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 36–19 | 65.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 38 | 65–71 | 47.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tetsukotog | 26 | 55–50 | 52.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 Pest | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 38 | 51–86 | 37.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Battle of Wits | 21 | 25–53 | 32.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 12 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 51 | 53–98 | 35.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Blink | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Adventures | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Post | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Adamaro, First to Desire
- Agoraphobia
- Angel of Jubilation
- Angel's Trumpet
- Baral's Expertise
- Binding Agony
- Cataclysmic Gearhulk
- Cephalid Aristocrat
- Charnel Troll
- Corpseweft
- Cowardice
- Crush of Wurms
- Cryptic Cruiser
- Cryptoplasm
- Deadly Allure
- Decimator of the Provinces
- Disinformation Campaign
- Elemental Appeal
- Endbringer's Revel
- Enter the God-Eternals
- Everglades
- Festering Evil
- Force of Savagery
- Forked Bolt
- Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
- Galvanic Blast
- Godo, Bandit Warlord
- Greater Good
- Hallar, the Firefletcher
- Hellion Eruption
- Hero of Oxid Ridge
- Incubation // Incongruity
- Inverter of Truth
- Jwar Isle Refuge
- Kinsbaile Cavalier
- Knight of Grace
- Konda's Banner
- Krark-Clan Shaman
- Last Laugh
- Leyline of Lifeforce
- Marshmist Titan
- Mass Manipulation
- Morgue Burst
- Moroii
- Nadir Kraken
- Nature's Revolt
- Nihilith
- Nylea's Intervention
- Ominous Seas
- Oracle of Dust
- Phyrexian Dreadnought
- Power Taint
- Primal Command
- Release to the Wind
- Revenant
- Saffi Eriksdotter
- Scars of the Veteran
- Scrapheap Scrounger
- Status // Statue
- Stronghold Taskmaster
- Student of Warfare
- Sunken Hollow
- Temporal Distortion
- The First Iroan Games
- Thorn Lieutenant
- Thought Erasure
- Tideforce Elemental
- Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves
- Undo
- Walker of the Wastes
- Wandering Fumarole
- Waylay
- Weirding Shaman
- Wildfield Borderpost