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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | 309–638 | 32.6 | 3 | 1073 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 77 | 70–104 | 40.2 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 14 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Minotaurs | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Warriors | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Knights | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Cats | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Shamans | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Combo | 93 | 68–152 | 30.9 | |||
| Storm | 6 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 15 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 15 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 14 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 26 | 33–42 | 44.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 26 | 33–42 | 44.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Storm Herald | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 75 | 47–104 | 31.1 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Mill | 21 | 8–32 | 20.0 | |||
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 17 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |||
| Ponza | 15 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 11 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 7 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 112 | 77–174 | 30.7 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 12 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Séance | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Elementals | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Coinflips | 13 | 7–24 | 22.6 | |||
| Ramp | 35 | 27–56 | 32.5 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Defenders | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 13 | 6–25 | 19.4 | |||
| Jund Carth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Bedrock Tortoise
- Bestial Bloodline
- Bilious Skulldweller
- Billiard Room
- Captive Audience
- Croaking Counterpart
- Dance of the Tumbleweeds
- Diamond Faerie
- Dual Casting
- Dungeon Crawler
- Embereth Veteran
- Enfeeblement
- Evolving Adaptive
- Furycalm Snarl
- Graceful Restoration
- Guardian of New Benalia
- Howling Moon
- In the Eye of Chaos
- Kaya, Intangible Slayer
- Llanowar Loamspeaker
- Map the Frontier
- Mesmeric Orb
- Molten Duplication
- Packsong Pup
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Redcap Gutter-Dweller
- Refute
- Riders of Rohan
- Scorching Shot
- Serpent of Yawning Depths
- Soul Partition
- Sun-Blessed Mount
- Surgical Skullbomb
- Théoden, King of Rohan
- Topiary Stomper
- Urza, Prince of Kroog
- Vermin Gorger