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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 457 | 1099–930 | 54.2 | 23 | 188 | 11 | 1559 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 290 | 718–561 | 56.1 | 17 | 127 | 8 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 61 | 140–127 | 52.4 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| Heroic | 7 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 6 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 64 | 177–113 | 61.0 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
| Proliferate Red | 15 | 50–24 | 67.6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Goblins | 4 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 13 | 32–31 | 50.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 11 | 28–21 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chroma White | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warriors | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rogues | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zombies | 53 | 165–88 | 65.2 | 7 | 40 | 1 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 9 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| 8 Whack | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 22 | 51–34 | 60.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Affinity | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 19 | 47–27 | 63.5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Madness | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 17 | 35–34 | 50.7 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Shamans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 17 | 38–41 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Breakfast | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 15 | 22–42 | 34.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 7 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Pox | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 29 | 55–62 | 47.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 27 | 53–54 | 49.5 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 13 | 32–19 | 62.7 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 10–21 | 32.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 11–18 | 37.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 94 | 194–198 | 49.5 | 4 | 37 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 9 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 9 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jund | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| White Jund | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Vampires | 11 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 21 | 54–43 | 55.7 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 25 | 53–47 | 53.0 | 3 | 16 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 9 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Party | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Aether Hub
- Blazing Shoal
- Boartusk Liege
- Bonesplitter
- Burning Inquiry
- Cleric of Life's Bond
- Conjurer's Bauble
- Dauthi Slayer
- Elite Headhunter
- Fiend Hunter
- Ghoulish Procession
- Howling Mine
- Ill-Gotten Inheritance
- Lord of the Undead
- Mana Leak
- Marauding Blight-Priest
- Mind Carver
- Olivia Voldaren
- Pilfering Imp
- Rushblade Commander
- Siege Rhino
- Soaring Thought-Thief
- Soltari Lancer
- Talisman of Conviction
- Talisman of Creativity
- Talisman of Curiosity
- Vampire of the Dire Moon
- Vampire Sovereign
- Vicious Rumors
- Victim of Night
- Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
- Zulaport Duelist
- Zurgo Bellstriker