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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | 523–311–2 | 62.7 | 6 | 47 | 11 | 2040 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 62–26 | 70.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 80 | 160–101–2 | 61.3 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Storm | 11 | 30–14 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Tendrils | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 24 | 57–34 | 62.6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Living Death | 1 | 7–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Grozoth | 10 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 12 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Combo | 7 | 18–8–2 | 69.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Faith Necro | 7 | 18–8–2 | 69.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Grixis Breakfast | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 37 | 55–45 | 55.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Galleon Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 18 | 46–20 | 69.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 21 | 32–24 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Vat | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 41 | 77–49 | 61.1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Curses | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oketra's Monument | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Oketra's Monument | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 22 | 34–24 | 58.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 28 | 49–34 | 59.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 7 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 3 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | |||||
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 38–12 | 76.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 4 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reclamation at Wake | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Birds of Paradise
- Bloodshot Cyclops
- Borderland Behemoth
- Chromanticore
- Court Street Denizen
- Cragplate Baloth
- Death Cloud
- Disciple of Griselbrand
- Drannith Healer
- Drannith Stinger
- Dust Elemental
- Elvish Clancaller
- Engineered Plague
- Enigma Sphinx
- Fallen Ideal
- Flourishing Fox
- Footfall Crater
- Fracturing Gust
- Go for Blood
- Grand Warlord Radha
- Hamletback Goliath
- Horobi's Whisper
- Immaculate Magistrate
- Imposing Vantasaur
- Leyline of Anticipation
- Lightning Serpent
- Memory Leak
- Mirrorweave
- Necropotence
- Oketra the True
- Psychic Puppetry
- Putrid Imp
- Pyroclasm
- Run Wild
- Savai Thundermane
- Seismic Assault
- Skirge Familiar
- Skull Fracture
- Sleeper Dart
- Soul of New Phyrexia
- Spoils of the Vault
- Swans of Bryn Argoll
- Sylvan Library
- Tendrils of Corruption
- Thundercloud Shaman
- Totem-Guide Hartebeest
- Ulvenwald Tracker
- Valiant Rescuer
- Vitality Charm
- Wispweaver Angel
- Zenith Flare