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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | 492–460 | 51.7 | 6 | 74 | 3 | 1627 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 107 | 202–194 | 51.0 | 2 | 36 | 1 |
| Heroic | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 26 | 49–53 | 48.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 14 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 17–26 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 9 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Knights | 6 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| AggroSlide | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Humans | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | |||||
| Combo | 13 | 6–20 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 50 | 98–89 | 52.4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 10 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 10 | 30–19 | 61.2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 6 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pox | 8 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 20–30 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Food | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 10 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 18 | 46–28 | 62.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 10 | 32–13 | 71.1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 44 | 88–86 | 50.6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 14 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Energy | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 42–26 | 61.8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Basri's Solidarity
- Briar Shield
- Deeproot Elite
- Doomskar Titan
- Dragon Fangs
- Elvish Archdruid
- Fraying Sanity
- Genesis Wave
- Kird Ape
- Leap
- Odious Trow
- Order of the Ebon Hand
- Phalanx Tactics
- Ring of Renewal
- River Boa
- Sigil of Sleep
- Silverquill Silencer
- Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
- Suppression Field
- Talara's Bane
- Ward of Lights