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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339 | 400–575 | 41.0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1328 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 118 | 175–188 | 48.2 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 14 | 15–32 | 31.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Elves | 42 | 69–53 | 56.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Affinity | 20 | 41–31 | 56.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Cats | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 69 | 67–117 | 36.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Storm | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 18 | 21–30 | 41.2 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 9 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 9 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 12 | 8–25 | 24.2 | |||
| Control | 21 | 14–34 | 29.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 13 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Spirits | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 81 | 98–148 | 39.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| The Rock | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 12 | 18–25 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 21 | 29–44 | 39.7 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 7 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 13 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Ramp | 23 | 18–43 | 29.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |||
| Golgari Post | 8 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Akroma's Memorial
- Barrowin of Clan Undurr
- Battle-Mad Ronin
- Bayou Groff
- Bloodchief Ascension
- Closing Statement
- Cockatrice
- Craw Giant
- Crypt Ripper
- Daemogoth Woe-Eater
- Decisive Denial
- Dina, Soul Steeper
- Dong Zhou, the Tyrant
- Environmental Sciences
- Expel
- Firja, Judge of Valor
- Fraying Omnipotence
- Gabriel Angelfire
- Go Blank
- Goremand
- Guttural Response
- Introduction to Annihilation
- Introduction to Prophecy
- Iridescent Angel
- Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
- Kianne, Dean of Substance
- Killian, Ink Duelist
- Marhault Elsdragon
- Phobian Phantasm
- Professor of Symbology
- Quandrix Campus
- Reduce to Memory
- Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Royal Decree
- Shadewing Laureate
- Silverquill Campus
- Solve the Equation
- Spire Owl
- Stonebinder's Familiar
- The Circle of Loyalty
- Tormented Angel
- Trusted Advisor
- Uvilda, Dean of Perfection
- Witherbloom Campus
- Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker