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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 634 | 1139–626 | 64.5 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 2471 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 148 | 283–121 | 70.0 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| Heroic | 47 | 118–31 | 79.2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 6 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 39 | 110–24 | 82.1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 15–3 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 7 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Chroma White | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zombies | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 16 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 12 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Knights | 4 | 15–1 | 93.8 | 2 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | |||||
| Humans | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 15–0 | 100.0 | 3 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 15–0 | 100.0 | 3 | ||
| Permanent Vacation | 15 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo | 153 | 326–124 | 72.4 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 3 | ||
| Living Death | 6 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 3 | ||
| Excruciator Combo | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Necro Combo | 6 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Warp World | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| New Perspectives | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 14 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 1 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 5 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Polymorph | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | |||||
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Chain of Acid | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 52 | 147–31 | 82.6 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Phoenix Altar | 12 | 29–9 | 76.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Actual Twin | 4 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Twin | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Control | 48 | 65–46 | 58.6 | 4 | ||
| Esper Control | 7 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Dragon Control | 8 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | |||||
| Astral Slide | 1 | |||||
| Bant Control | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 34–22 | 60.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 8 | 21–11 | 65.6 | |||
| Infect | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 36 | 51–38 | 57.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 8 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Wizards | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 45 | 81–49 | 62.3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Curses | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hive Mind | 9 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 2 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 15 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 15 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Archfiend Alteration | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Resurgent Belief | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 155 | 241–180 | 57.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Grenzo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 9 | 23–8 | 74.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 12 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 11 | 17–14 | 54.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Party | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mardu Hero | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Clerics | 5 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Golgari Wight | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 33 | 53–46 | 53.5 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Wild Pair | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 15 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
- Ashling, Flame Dancer
- Astral Steel
- Battery Bearer
- Behind the Mask
- Body Snatcher
- Brokers Ascendancy
- Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
- Cascade Bluffs
- Case of the Gateway Express
- Case of the Gorgon's Kiss
- Case of the Uneaten Feast
- Charming Scoundrel
- Crackling Club
- Cruelclaw's Heist
- Cunning Coyote
- Deathbloom Ritualist
- Desperate Bloodseeker
- Drag the Canal
- Dreamtide Whale
- Elspeth Tirel
- Enterprising Scallywag
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
- Feather of Flight
- Fight Rigging
- Frantic Scapegoat
- Fuss // Bother
- Gempalm Incinerator
- Gixian Puppeteer
- Haytham Kenway
- Hew the Entwood
- Inventor's Axe
- Jerren, Corrupted Bishop
- Kayla's Command
- Kor Spiritdancer
- Lamplight Phoenix
- Lazav, Wearer of Faces
- Levitating Statue
- Liliana, Untouched by Death
- Maestros Ascendancy
- Nurturing Pixie
- Nylea, God of the Hunt
- Ominous Roost
- Optimistic Scavenger
- Patchwork Crawler
- Path to Exile
- Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
- Persist
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Pile On
- Quirion Beastcaller
- Regal Bunnicorn
- Requisition Raid
- Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
- Saradoc, Master of Buckland
- Seasoned Warrenguard
- Secret Passage
- Shardmage's Rescue
- Sheltered by Ghosts
- Shriveling Rot
- Sigarda, Host of Herons
- Sram, Senior Edificer
- Starving Revenant
- Strength of Isolation
- Sublime Archangel
- Taigam, Ojutai Master
- Tempted by the Oriq
- Terror Tide
- Thalia's Geistcaller
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
- Under the Skin
- Volatile Stormdrake
- War Squeak
- Widespread Thieving
- Will, Scion of Peace