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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | 391–223 | 63.7 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 2000 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 24 | 63–25 | 71.6 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 30–5 | 85.7 | 4 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 51 | 120–64 | 65.2 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Storm | 21 | 59–26 | 69.4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Hazoret Storm | 18 | 52–23 | 69.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cat Wave | 4 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Acid Wave | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 6 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 35 | 64–42 | 60.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Dimir Control | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pollute the Planet | 4 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 9 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Simic Flash | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 5 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Simic Madness | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Displace Loop | 9 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 62–36 | 63.3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | |||||
| Jund | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 8 | 22–10 | 68.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Vat | 8 | 22–10 | 68.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Temur Energy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abzan Ascendancy
- Aethersphere Harvester
- Back to Nature
- Blisterpod
- Bloodthrone Vampire
- Bone Splinters
- Broodhatch Nantuko
- Caller of the Claw
- Carnival // Carnage
- Carrier Thrall
- Catacomb Sifter
- Censor
- Clear the Mind
- Codex Shredder
- Complicate
- Crop Sigil
- Cruel Bargain
- Cruel Feeding
- Deglamer
- Demonlord of Ashmouth
- Dimir Charm
- Eldrazi Skyspawner
- Eliminate the Competition
- Elvish Hexhunter
- Elvish Promenade
- Eyeblight's Ending
- Farsight Mask
- Forbidding Spirit
- Gamekeeper
- Gate to Phyrexia
- Gempalm Strider
- Ghostly Wings
- Ghoulraiser
- Grim Haruspex
- Ground Seal
- Hedron Alignment
- Hushwing Gryff
- Immortal Coil
- Infest
- Judge's Familiar
- Kami of Ancient Law
- Lotleth Troll
- Malevolent Awakening
- Mercurial Geists
- Mind Extraction
- Nagging Thoughts
- Nantuko Husk
- Nebelgast Herald
- Necrologia
- Nefarious Lich
- Pick the Brain
- Pious Evangel
- Plagued Rusalka
- Psionic Gift
- Puca's Mischief
- Reality Acid
- Reconstruction
- Retreat to Kazandu
- Rune of Protection: White
- Shriekmaw
- Sickening Dreams
- Sigil Captain
- Smothering Tithe
- Spark Spray
- Sparring Construct
- Stitchwing Skaab
- Strategic Planning
- Sultai Emissary
- Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
- Ugin's Nexus
- Ulvenwald Mysteries
- Uncaged Fury
- Viridian Shaman
- Voidmage Husher
- Wakedancer
- Zombie Trailblazer