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 9 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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796 | 1620–1836 | 46.9 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 1673 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 105 | 218–245 | 47.1 | 5 | ||
Red Deck Wins | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Tokens | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
White Weenie | 6 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
Kithkin | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Mono White Humans | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
Elves | 6 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |||
Rogues | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
Zombies | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Merfolk | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 18 | 20–53 | 27.4 | |||
Affinity | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
Salvage Titan | 13 | 12–44 | 21.4 | |||
Madness | 38 | 109–73 | 59.9 | 3 | ||
Golgari Madness | 37 | 109–70 | 60.9 | 3 | ||
Voltron | 1 | |||||
Equipment Aggro | 1 | |||||
Slivers | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Knights | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
Cats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Cats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Rakdos Hellbent | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Orzhov Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Pirates | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Combo | 159 | 310–346 | 47.3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Storm | 39 | 54–103 | 34.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Sultai Tendrils | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 12 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Dark Tide | 5 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Simic Storm | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
High Tide | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Izzet Storm | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Green Stormless Storm | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Warp World | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Temur Glimpse | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Boros Glimpse | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Twin | 1 | |||||
Combo Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Eggs | 7 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Ominous Good | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Breakfast | 47 | 149–63 | 70.3 | 12 | ||
Oops All Spells | 46 | 149–58 | 72.0 | 12 | ||
Dredge | 14 | 23–37 | 38.3 | |||
Insidious Roots Dredge | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
Polymorph | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 7 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
Restore Balance | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Phoenix Altar | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Actual Twin | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Izzet Twin | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Control | 142 | 259–353 | 42.3 | 3 | ||
Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Esper Control | 9 | 15–25 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Dimir Control | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Azorius Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Izzet Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Mill | 25 | 38–72 | 34.5 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 26 | 53–60 | 46.9 | 2 | ||
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
Blackpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 6 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
Grixis Control | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Stax | 13 | 31–30 | 50.8 | |||
Stagnant Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Dragon Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Runeflare | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
Ponza | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
Mono White Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Cycling Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Astral Slide | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Five Color Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Shrines | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Pox | 10 | 30–17 | 63.8 | |||
Orzhov Control | 8 | 21–19 | 52.5 | |||
Prison | 8 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
Enchantress | 8 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 17 | 44–34 | 56.4 | 4 | ||
Aristocrats | 11 | 35–17 | 67.3 | 4 | ||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 9 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 4 | ||
Burn | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Hushnought | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dwarf Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 35 | 68–96 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Blue Madness | 13 | 29–35 | 45.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Ninjas | 10 | 20–26 | 43.5 | |||
Izzet Spells | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Spirits | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Azorius Spirits | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 46 | 95–102 | 48.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Curses | 24 | 67–47 | 58.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Burning Vengeance | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Battle of Wits | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Shared Fate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Sunforger | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mindcrank | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Wildfire | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Resurgent Belief | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Midrange | 265 | 576–591 | 49.4 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
The Rock | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
Blink | 23 | 60–43 | 58.3 | |||
Wave Blink | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Azorius Wave | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Acid Trip | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Orzhov Blink | 9 | 28–16 | 63.6 | |||
Graveyard Value | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Vampires | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 18 | 55–28 | 66.3 | 5 | ||
Orzhov Legends | 11 | 33–15 | 68.8 | 5 | ||
Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Big Red | 5 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Angels | 4 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
Mono White Angels | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Toughness Matters | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Adventures | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 5 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 32 | 89–52 | 63.1 | 4 | ||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Party | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Five Color Hero | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Clerics | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 30 | 67–77 | 46.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Coinflips | 20 | 40–47 | 46.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Illness in the Ranks | 9 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
Wight Midrange | 11 | 44–11 | 80.0 | 5 | ||
Jund Wight | 9 | 39–6 | 86.7 | 5 | ||
Ramp | 27 | 49–69 | 41.5 | |||
Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Wild Pair | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 23–38 | 37.7 | |||
Eldrazipost | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Locus Awakening | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Greenpost | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Simic Post | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Defenders | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
Field Ramp | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Archivist of Gondor
- Biogenic Ooze
- Brimstone Roundup
- Candles of Leng
- Clandestine Meddler
- Clattering Skeletons
- Consuming Blob
- Coram, the Undertaker
- Diviner's Lockbox
- Edgar's Awakening
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress
- Freestrider Commando
- Gilt-Blade Prowler
- Gingerbread Hunter
- Glamorous Outlaw
- Intrepid Outlander
- Kitsune Ace
- Kraum, Violent Cacophony
- Longhorn Firebeast
- Maestros Diabolist
- Moonrise Cleric
- Moonstone Harbinger
- Murderous Betrayal
- Nearheath Stalker
- Pixie Guide
- Precipitous Drop
- Psionic Snoop
- Pyretic Prankster
- Ragged Recluse
- Raging Battle Mouse
- Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord
- Sage of Days
- Sanctuary Smasher
- Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
- Screams of the Damned
- Seismic Shudder
- Sentinel of the Pearl Trident
- Shackle Slinger
- Skulltap
- Soulcipher Board
- Star Charter
- Starscape Cleric
- Stinging Cave Crawler
- Storm Front
- Taste of Blood
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
- Tonic Peddler
- Unscrupulous Contractor
- Vein Drinker
- Wandering Troubadour
- Wax-Wane Witness
- Wickerfolk Thresher
- Witch's Mist
Cards Played First
- Aetherblade Agent
- Akawalli, the Seething Tower
- Anafenza, the Foremost
- Archivist of Gondor
- Archon of Falling Stars
- At Knifepoint
- Atemsis, All-Seeing
- Beastbond Outcaster
- Biogenic Ooze
- Brimstone Roundup
- Candles of Leng
- Candlestick
- Clandestine Meddler
- Clattering Skeletons
- Consuming Blob
- Coram, the Undertaker
- Coveted Falcon
- Cursed Windbreaker
- Defiler of Souls
- Delina, Wild Mage
- Denethor, Stone Seer
- Disrupting Shoal
- Diviner's Lockbox
- Edgar's Awakening
- Emergent Ultimatum
- Enduring Bondwarden
- Esoteric Duplicator
- Eternal Isolation
- Evelyn, the Covetous
- Exorcise
- Extraordinary Journey
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress
- Fake Your Own Death
- Faramir, Field Commander
- Fealty to the Realm
- Find the Path
- Forsaken Miner
- Freestrider Commando
- Gandalf the White
- General Kudro of Drannith
- Gilded Pinions
- Gilt-Blade Prowler
- Gingerbread Hunter
- Glamorous Outlaw
- Godsend
- Gravelgill Duo
- Hopeful Initiate
- Infested Thrinax
- Intrepid Outlander
- Invasion of Karsus
- Jagged Barrens
- Jolt
- Kitsune Ace
- Kraum, Violent Cacophony
- Lampad of Death's Vigil
- Lead Pipe
- Leonin Bladetrap
- Lion Sash
- Lithoform Engine
- Longhorn Firebeast
- Maestros Diabolist
- Meat Locker // Drowned Diner
- Metamorphic Blast
- Mithril Coat
- Moonrise Cleric
- Moonstone Harbinger
- Murderous Betrayal
- Nearheath Stalker
- Oakhollow Village
- Oasis
- Oblivion Sower
- Oswald Fiddlebender
- Pedantic Learning
- Phyrexian Censor
- Pixie Guide
- Planar Ally
- Precipitous Drop
- Prizefight
- Psionic Snoop
- Pyretic Prankster
- Ragged Recluse
- Raging Battle Mouse
- Rakdos Cluestone
- Rambunctious Mutt
- Ratcatcher
- Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord
- Sage of Days
- Saheeli, Filigree Master
- Sanctuary Smasher
- Sanctum Prelate
- Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
- Savage Beating
- Screams of the Damned
- Seeker of Sunlight
- Seismic Shudder
- Sentinel of the Pearl Trident
- Shackle Slinger
- Shapeshifter's Marrow
- Skrelv's Hive
- Skulltap
- Sliver Hivelord
- Slow Motion
- Soul Enervation
- Soulcipher Board
- Spell Snuff
- Sphinx Sovereign
- Staff of Nin
- Star Charter
- Starscape Cleric
- Starseer Mentor
- Stinging Cave Crawler
- Storm Front
- Storm World
- Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
- Taste of Blood
- Teferi's Time Twist
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
- The Surgical Bay
- The Swarmweaver
- Throne of the High City
- Thundersteel Colossus
- Tonic Peddler
- Torment of Hailfire
- Transmutation Font
- Unscrupulous Contractor
- Vadmir, New Blood
- Valgavoth's Faithful
- Vein Drinker
- Voldaren Thrillseeker
- Volo, Guide to Monsters
- Wandering Troubadour
- Ward of Bones
- Wax-Wane Witness
- Wickerfolk Thresher
- Witch's Mist
- Worldwalker Helm
- You Cannot Pass!
- Yuan-Ti Fang-Blade
- Zenith Chronicler