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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319 | 646–578 | 52.8 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 1799 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 62–58 | 51.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 156 | 343–278 | 55.2 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Storm | 22 | 47–51 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 13 | 40–23 | 63.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Warp World | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 12 | 23–25 | 47.9 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Breakfast | 38 | 118–48 | 71.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Oops All Spells | 37 | 114–47 | 70.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Oops All Lands | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dredge | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ad Nauseam | 6 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 13–30 | 30.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 33–22 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 53–27 | 66.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 17 | 49–23 | 68.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 17 | 49–23 | 68.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 17 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 2 | ||
| Hive Mind | 7 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Solar Flare | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 83–107 | 43.7 | 4 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 9 | 15–24 | 38.5 | 1 | ||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
| Coinflips | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 16 | 21–31 | 40.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 5 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Contortionist Troupe
- Eldrazi Temple
- Ghitu Amplifier
- Goblin Charbelcher
- Heaped Harvest
- Holy Cow
- Jadelight Spelunker
- Kardur, Doomscourge
- Likeness Looter
- Maestros Theater
- Marchesa, the Black Rose
- Plundering Pirate
- Pollenbright Wings
- Ritual of the Returned
- Scrap Welder
- Scrapwork Cohort
- See Double
- Talion's Messenger
- Thran Power Suit
- Toxin Analysis
- Valakut Awakening
- Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp