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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1114 | 2821–1416 | 66.6 | 48 | 253 | 115 | 2160 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 62 | 140–71 | 66.4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 39 | 76–44 | 63.3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 15–2 | 88.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 3 | 15–2 | 88.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo | 62 | 138–91 | 60.3 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| Reanimator | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 31 | 78–40 | 66.1 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 5 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 8 | 25–9 | 73.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Izzet Twin | 8 | 25–9 | 73.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Control | 329 | 776–446 | 63.5 | 15 | 80 | 22 |
| Esper Control | 30 | 46–40 | 53.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 35 | 65–42 | 60.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 134 | 372–147 | 71.7 | 9 | 34 | 19 |
| Cawblade | 115 | 331–130 | 71.8 | 9 | 34 | 15 |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 10 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 14 | 20–28 | 41.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 47 | 124–74 | 62.6 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dragon Control | 8 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 8 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ponza | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 13 | 40–24 | 62.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Pox | 10 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 23 | 40–26 | 60.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 12 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 389 | 1051–448 | 70.1 | 15 | 78 | 59 |
| Izzet Tempo | 62 | 155–60 | 72.1 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Wizards | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 89 | 260–100 | 72.2 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 44 | 144–46 | 75.8 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Izzet Spells | 218 | 604–265 | 69.5 | 11 | 55 | 32 |
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 64 | 151–113 | 57.2 | 4 | 29 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Solar Flare | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 50 | 130–97 | 57.3 | 4 | 28 | |
| Wildfire | 49 | 130–96 | 57.5 | 4 | 28 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Midrange | 185 | 475–221 | 68.2 | 10 | 44 | 19 |
| Blink | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 14 | 35–18 | 66.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 80 | 209–90 | 69.9 | 3 | 14 | 13 |
| Necro Midrange | 9 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Heart of Darkness | 51 | 133–53 | 71.5 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 30 | 92–30 | 75.4 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 30 | 92–30 | 75.4 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 21 | 57–31 | 64.8 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 9 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 19 | 44–27 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 18 | 44–26 | 62.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Balmor, Battlemage Captain
- Birthday Escape
- Cavalier of Gales
- Chart a Course
- Domestication
- Drana and Linvala
- Dream Eater
- Flay Essence
- Garruk, Primal Hunter
- Hearth Elemental
- Infernal Darkness
- Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker
- Meglonoth
- Misthollow Griffin
- Out of Air
- Phantom Interference
- Ral, Izzet Viceroy
- Scatter to the Winds
- Scroll of Isildur
- Spinerock Knoll
- Stoic Sphinx
- There and Back Again
- Workshop Warchief
- Zur's Weirding