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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 340–173 | 66.3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2011 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 52–20 | 72.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 5 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 2 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 51 | 152–77 | 66.4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Storm | 11 | 25–25 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 16 | 51–20 | 71.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 13 | 42–17 | 71.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 10 | 32–12 | 72.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 32–28 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Stax | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mutate | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Wight | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 16 | 62–20 | 75.6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 8 | 34–6 | 85.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 8 | 34–6 | 85.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 24–13 | 64.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Post | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 5 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Post | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Crater Elemental
- Darkblast
- Elvish Lyrist
- Fire-Lit Thicket
- Gnarlroot Trapper
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Linvala, the Preserver
- Muzzio, Visionary Architect
- Mystic Melting
- Parting Thoughts
- Rakdos Augermage
- Reduce // Rubble
- Stinkweed Imp
- Sundering Titan
- Sundial of the Infinite
- The First Eruption
- Tribal Forcemage