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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | 686–762 | 47.4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 1744 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 64–77 | 45.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 17–14 | 54.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Humans | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Bant Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 108 | 185–211 | 46.7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Storm | 37 | 60–84 | 41.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 12 | 14–32 | 30.4 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Song Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Channel Storm | 7 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grozoth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Anvil Colossus | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Eggs | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Taking Turns | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Belcher | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 84 | 134–156 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 10 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 13 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Pox | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 2 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 35 | 87–50 | 63.5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Aristocrats | 12 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 9 | 27–11 | 71.1 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 9 | 27–11 | 71.1 | 3 | ||
| Hushnought | 3 | 12–1 | 92.3 | 2 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 10 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblin Persist | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 11–26 | 29.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 36 | 66–67 | 49.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Curses | 10 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 3 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 29–23 | 55.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 27–20 | 57.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 73 | 99–146 | 40.4 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 6 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Allies | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 14 | 27–22 | 55.1 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | |||||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | |||||
| Neoform | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Wight | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Wight | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 19 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | |||||
| Applejacks | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field Ramp | 7 | 16–11 | 59.3 |