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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | 407–235 | 63.4 | 8 | 45 | 10 | 1961 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 95–37 | 72.0 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 22–6 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 9 | 35–8 | 81.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Equipment Aggro | 9 | 35–8 | 81.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Combo | 11 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hyperwave | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Breakfast | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Grixis Breakfast | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Control | 94 | 247–148 | 62.5 | 5 | 31 | 4 |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 8 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 22 | 53–35 | 60.2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Adam's Ale | 20 | 49–33 | 59.8 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 7 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 45 | 134–67 | 66.7 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| Pollute the Planet | 45 | 134–67 | 66.7 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Vat | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Sunforger | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Augury Adept
- Azorius Cluestone
- Azorius Guildmage
- Chamber Sentry
- Chromatic Lantern
- Circle of Flame
- Crystal Ball
- Dauntless River Marshal
- Elder of Laurels
- Flight Spellbomb
- Gideon's Intervention
- Goblin Dark-Dwellers
- Godhead of Awe
- Greater Realm of Preservation
- Hornet Sting
- Hunt the Hunter
- Ice Cage
- Jade Mage
- Krosan Reclamation
- Lone Missionary
- Nivix Guildmage
- Nurturer Initiate
- Penumbra Spider
- Phantom Nantuko
- Pulse of the Fields
- Sejiri Merfolk
- Serene Remembrance
- Skinshifter
- Sosuke's Summons
- Sphinx of Lost Truths
- Sygg, River Cutthroat
- Tibor and Lumia
- Wall of Spears
- Yamabushi's Storm