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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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2016 | 3643–3206 | 53.2 | 1 | 24 | 93 | 1686 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 206 | 349–295 | 54.2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Mono Black Aggro | 17 | 25–23 | 52.1 | |||
Heroic | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Goblins | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Tokens | 17 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 14 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White Weenie | 14 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |||
Soldiers | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Chroma White | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
Elves | 37 | 97–57 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
Werewolves | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Minotaurs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Warriors | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Merfolk | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Devastating Dreams | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Madness | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Jund Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 8 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 1 | ||
Hexproof | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
Boros Auras | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
Slivers | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Naya Zoo | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Knights | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
AggroSlide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Cats | 7 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
Mono White Cats | 6 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
Selesnya Cats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 13 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Humans | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Pirates | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
Combo | 122 | 259–159 | 62.0 | 15 | ||
Storm | 13 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 1 | ||
Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 8 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
Swath Storm | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
Reanimator | 10 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
Recurring Nightmare | 10 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
Jund Nightmare | 10 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Warp World | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 22 | 58–29 | 66.7 | 4 | ||
Cat Wave | 5 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
Combo Post | 3 | 15–0 | 100.0 | 3 | ||
Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Cruel Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 10 | 32–12 | 72.7 | 3 | ||
Izzet Ascension | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Jokulhaups Combo | 7 | 17–10 | 63.0 | |||
Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Polymorph | 12 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
Restore Balance | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Nadu Combo | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
Amalia Combo | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | |||
Control | 693 | 1284–1153 | 52.7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Mono Black Control | 16 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |||
Esper Control | 11 | 17–21 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Control | 67 | 129–110 | 54.0 | 2 | ||
Dimir Control | 55 | 102–92 | 52.6 | 3 | ||
Azorius Control | 32 | 67–63 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
Izzet Control | 16 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mardu Control | 52 | 110–90 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Mill | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Boros Control | 11 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 1 | ||
Cloudpost Control | 61 | 122–90 | 57.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 | ||
Blackpost | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 38 | 77–53 | 59.2 | 4 | ||
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 4 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Control | 56 | 123–96 | 56.2 | 4 | ||
Cruel Control | 27 | 63–39 | 61.8 | 4 | ||
Stax | 12 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Control | 20 | 44–29 | 60.3 | 1 | ||
Dragon Control | 12 | 12–25 | 32.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Dragons | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
WUBR Dragons | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Galleon Control | 43 | 108–73 | 59.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Runeflare | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Ponza | 49 | 64–83 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono White Control | 16 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 1 | ||
Life is Ez | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Dynavolt Tower | 15 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
Cycling Control | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Astral Slide | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Five Color Control | 30 | 39–54 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Shrines | 11 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |||
Last Stand Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 15 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guildgate Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Pox | 11 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 16 | 39–25 | 60.9 | |||
Orzhov Control | 13 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 | ||
Prison | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Enchantress | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 27 | 60–40 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Aristocrats | 12 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Food | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Burn | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 2 | ||
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
Aggro-Control | 120 | 220–184 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Simic Flash | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 7 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Azorius Skies | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Grixis Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Lich Aggro-Control | 12 | 33–20 | 62.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Wizards | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Ninjas | 8 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 22 | 46–28 | 62.2 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Faeries | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
Izzet Spells | 14 | 22–21 | 51.2 | 1 | ||
Dimir Tempo | 8 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 1 | ||
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 10 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
Combo-Control | 103 | 190–157 | 54.8 | 6 | ||
Curses | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 | ||
Cruel Combo-Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Shared Fate | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
Sunforger | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 18 | 44–28 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
Liliana's Contract | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 43 | 83–66 | 55.7 | 4 | ||
Wildfire | 20 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 1 | ||
Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 52–32 | 61.9 | 3 | ||
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 2 | ||
Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
Midrange | 689 | 1199–1127 | 51.5 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
The Rock | 42 | 83–74 | 52.9 | 3 | ||
Abzan Midrange | 31 | 68–59 | 53.5 | 1 | ||
Knights of Windgrace | 7 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Jund | 49 | 99–84 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Blink | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
Wave Blink | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Azorius Wave | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Acid Trip | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 18 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
Varolz Dreadnought | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Treefolk | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 8 | 16–18 | 47.1 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 20 | 33–34 | 49.3 | 1 | ||
Leave // Chance Midrange | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |||
Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Legends Midrange | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
Boros Legends Midrange | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Elementals | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 62 | 109–96 | 53.2 | 5 | ||
Naya Midrange | 17 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 1 | ||
Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Big Red | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 39 | 77–64 | 54.6 | 2 | ||
Mono Black Devotion | 18 | 39–26 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
Heart of Darkness | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
Hellion Whip | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 24 | 42–28 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
Toughness Matters | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
Lifegain Midrange | 33 | 96–50 | 65.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Martyr's Grace | 9 | 27–12 | 69.2 | |||
Mutate | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 18 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Sultai Emerge | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
Fight Rigging | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 26 | 48–45 | 51.6 | 2 | ||
Prophet Glare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 11 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
Zur the Enchanter | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Ordealbreak | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Neoform | 23 | 33–38 | 46.5 | |||
Temur Neoform | 8 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
Sultai Neoform | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Simic Neoform | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
UBRG Neoform | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
Fires of Invention | 11 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
Orzhov Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Clerics | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 59 | 104–89 | 53.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nissa Company | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Illness in the Ranks | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Game Objects | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Laelia Cascade | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Wight Midrange | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Golgari Wight | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Wight | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Ramp | 56 | 75–91 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Villainous Wealth | 10 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
Wild Pair | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 11 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
Eldrazipost | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Golgari Post | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Simic Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Domain | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Historic Bloom | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Field Ramp | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abrupt Decay
- Acquisitions Expert
- Ajani Steadfast
- Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
- Ajani, the Greathearted
- Ajani's Pridemate
- Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
- Angel's Herald
- Angrath, Captain of Chaos
- Arlinn Kord
- Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
- Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
- Audacious Thief
- Augur of Skulls
- Belle of the Brawl
- Binding Negotiation
- Blackmail
- Blood Mist
- Blue Sun's Twilight
- Boros Challenger
- Break Through the Line
- Burrowguard Mentor
- Celestial Kirin
- Champion of Lambholt
- Condescend
- Conqueror's Galleon
- Coveted Prize
- Cursed Recording
- Deathbringer Liege
- Declaration of Naught
- Dega Sanctuary
- Destructive Urge
- Dimir Cutpurse
- Dining Room
- Dominus of Fealty
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Dregscape Sliver
- Earthlink
- Esika, God of the Tree
- Fae of Wishes
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver
- Fall of the Impostor
- Fear of Impostors
- Fearless Liberator
- Fleetfoot Panther
- Flood of Recollection
- Frondland Felidar
- Furious Rise
- Galazeth Prismari
- Galvanic Iteration
- Get Out
- Ghostly Pilferer
- Gobhobbler Rats
- Goblin Banneret
- God-Eternal Rhonas
- Griffin Aerie
- Guided Passage
- Gyre Engineer
- Haazda Marshal
- Hall
- Heartless Act
- Heat Ray
- Highland Forest
- Hokori, Dust Drinker
- Hunted Bonebrute
- Indulging Patrician
- Izzet Guildmage
- Jaya, Venerated Firemage
- Jester's Scepter
- Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
- Keensight Mentor
- Kronch Wrangler
- Kwende, Pride of Femeref
- Labyrinth Raptor
- Lazotep Plating
- Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
- Life Goes On
- Long Rest
- Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- Lost Legacy
- Lunarch Veteran
- Malakir Blood-Priest
- Manglehorn
- Meditation Puzzle
- Memorial to War
- Mirari
- Mistbind Clique
- Mortality Spear
- Muse Vessel
- Mutilate
- Mysterious Tome
- Mystic Archaeologist
- Naomi, Pillar of Order
- Narset of the Ancient Way
- Necroblossom Snarl
- Nessian Boar
- Night of Souls' Betrayal
- Oath of Jace
- Ominous Parcel
- On Serra's Wings
- Painted Bluffs
- Path of Mettle
- Path to the World Tree
- Pemmin's Aura
- Perish
- Pestilent Cauldron
- Phyrexian Scriptures
- Polygraph Orb
- Pristine Talisman
- Pyromancer's Goggles
- Radiant Scrollwielder
- Raka Sanctuary
- Rakdos Firewheeler
- Ral, Storm Conduit
- Reflections of Littjara
- Rift Bolt
- Ring of Xathrid
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Rowan, Scholar of Sparks
- Sapling of Colfenor
- Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
- Sarulf, Realm Eater
- Scepter of Insight
- Shapers' Sanctuary
- Shard of Broken Glass
- Sigrid, God-Favored
- Sindbad
- Siphon Insight
- Skeletal Scrying
- Skyclave Relic
- Skyknight Vanguard
- Slavering Nulls
- Slitherwisp
- Smallpox
- Soul Manipulation
- Soul Transfer
- Spectral Adversary
- Sultai Ascendancy
- Sunhome Stalwart
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Syphon Sliver
- Thalakos Drifters
- The Bloodsky Massacre
- Theater of Horrors
- Thornscape Apprentice
- Throat Slitter
- Tome of the Guildpact
- Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
- Treacherous Blessing
- Truefire Captain
- Tyrite Sanctum
- Unbound Flourishing
- Unexpected Fangs
- Unmoored Ego
- Untimely Malfunction
- Urabrask
- Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
- Vedalken Mesmerist
- Vivien's Arkbow
- Vraska, Relic Seeker
- Warden of the Chained
- Westvale Abbey
- Whirlwind of Thought
- Wingspan Mentor
- Yasharn, Implacable Earth
- Yavimaya Elder