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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | 214–331 | 39.3 | 4 | 26 | 1331 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 51 | 58–79 | 42.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 46 | 22–73 | 23.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 20 | 4–35 | 10.3 | |||
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 9 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Eggs | 7 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 22 | 25–30 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 70 | 91–109 | 45.5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Wave | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Wave | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Acid Trip | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 21 | 48–35 | 57.8 | 3 | 9 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 21 | 48–35 | 57.8 | 3 | 9 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Adventures | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Birthing Boughs
- Bitter Revelation
- Brine Giant
- Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
- Dreadhorde Butcher
- Fruit of Tizerus
- Howling Giant
- Hyena Umbra
- Jace's Phantasm
- Kargan Dragonlord
- Last Caress
- Necravolver
- Omen of the Sun
- Oran-Rief Ooze
- Reverent Hoplite
- Scattershot Archer
- Shambling Suit
- Swarm Shambler
- The Birth of Meletis
- The Hive
- Threnody Singer