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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478 | 511–798 | 39.0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1305 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 163 | 196–270 | 42.1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Tokens | 14 | 20–26 | 43.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 9 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 11 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 10 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Elves | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Rogues | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 14 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
| Affinity | 13 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 23 | 34–41 | 45.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Equipment Aggro | 10 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 12 | 25–19 | 56.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Knights | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 8 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 12 | 15–26 | 36.6 | 1 | ||
| Humans | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Pirates | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo | 60 | 28–99 | 22.0 | |||
| Storm | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 22 | 8–38 | 17.4 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 36 | 27–60 | 31.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 9 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Runeflare | 9 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Pox | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 78 | 109–123 | 47.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 11 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 24 | 28–44 | 38.9 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 34 | 63–50 | 55.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Simic Infect | 29 | 57–43 | 57.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Golgari Infect | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 21–49 | 30.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 19 | 16–32 | 33.3 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |||
| Wildfire | 12 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 90 | 105–153 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 21 | 24–34 | 41.4 | |||
| Allies | 24 | 39–37 | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 9 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Adventures | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Bilbo's Ring
- Bonecache Overseer
- Bootleggers' Stash
- Breakthrough
- Drown in Ichor
- Elvish Doomsayer
- Lifecreed Duo
- Lighthouse Chronologist
- Mech Hangar
- Mobilizer Mech
- Prodigy's Prototype
- Raven of Fell Omens
- Reckless Crew
- Rielle, the Everwise
- Rubblebelt Maverick
- Shadow-Rite Priest
- Snarling Gorehound
- Taurean Mauler
- Tempest Hart
- Thirsting Roots
- Time of Heroes
- Tinybones Joins Up
- Torrent Elemental
- Unnatural Restoration
- Voldaren Estate
- Waterlogged Hulk
- Writhing Necromass