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 3 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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260 | 523–311–2 | 62.7 | 6 | 47 | 11 | 2040 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 23 | 62–26 | 70.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
Heroic | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tokens | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
White Weenie | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
Elves | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Tempered Steel | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
AggroSlide | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Combo | 80 | 160–101–2 | 61.3 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
Storm | 11 | 30–14 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
High Tide | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
Grixis Tendrils | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Channel Storm | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
Reanimator | 24 | 57–34 | 62.6 | 2 | 8 | |
Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Living Death | 1 | 7–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Grozoth | 10 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 1 | 4 | |
Traditional Reanimator | 12 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Necro Combo | 7 | 18–8–2 | 69.2 | 0 | 4 | |
Faith Necro | 7 | 18–8–2 | 69.2 | 0 | 4 | |
Hypergenesis | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
Umbral Mantle | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
"Twin" | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Jeskai "Twin" | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Seismic Swans | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Breakfast | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Grixis Breakfast | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Oops All Spells | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Dredge | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
Restore Balance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Gyruda | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Control | 37 | 55–45 | 55.0 | 1 | 6 | |
Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Demonic Rising | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Control | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Azorius Control | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Control | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | 1 | |
Cloudpost Control | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Cruel Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Jeskai Control | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
Galleon Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Astral Slide | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Sultai Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 18 | 46–20 | 69.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Aristocrats | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
Infect | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
Hushnought | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Aggro-Control | 21 | 32–24 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Simic Flash | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Simic Vat | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Blue Madness | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Simic Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Wizards | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ninjas | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Tempo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 41 | 77–49 | 61.1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Curses | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | 2 | |
Oketra's Monument | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Oketra's Monument | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 22 | 34–24 | 58.6 | 0 | 6 | |
Shared Fate | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Mindcrank | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Displace Loop | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Peregrine Drake | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Midrange | 28 | 49–34 | 59.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Jund | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Blink | 7 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Wave Blink | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Wave | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Yisan-Prophet | 3 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 1 | |||||
Coinflip Tribal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ramp | 12 | 38–12 | 76.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Domain | 4 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Reclamation at Wake | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Birds of Paradise
- Bloodshot Cyclops
- Borderland Behemoth
- Chromanticore
- Court Street Denizen
- Cragplate Baloth
- Death Cloud
- Disciple of Griselbrand
- Drannith Healer
- Drannith Stinger
- Dust Elemental
- Elvish Clancaller
- Engineered Plague
- Enigma Sphinx
- Fallen Ideal
- Flourishing Fox
- Footfall Crater
- Fracturing Gust
- Go for Blood
- Grand Warlord Radha
- Hamletback Goliath
- Horobi's Whisper
- Immaculate Magistrate
- Imposing Vantasaur
- Leyline of Anticipation
- Lightning Serpent
- Memory Leak
- Mirrorweave
- Necropotence
- Oketra the True
- Psychic Puppetry
- Putrid Imp
- Pyroclasm
- Run Wild
- Savai Thundermane
- Seismic Assault
- Skirge Familiar
- Skull Fracture
- Sleeper Dart
- Soul of New Phyrexia
- Spoils of the Vault
- Swans of Bryn Argoll
- Sylvan Library
- Tendrils of Corruption
- Thundercloud Shaman
- Totem-Guide Hartebeest
- Ulvenwald Tracker
- Valiant Rescuer
- Vitality Charm
- Wispweaver Angel
- Zenith Flare