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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 270–157–2 | 63.2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 1916 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 60 | 105–54 | 66.0 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Prisoner | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 23 | 58–21 | 73.4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Affinity | 10 | 31–12 | 72.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Salvage Titan | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 8 | 16–3 | 84.2 | 1 | ||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 4 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Cats | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 3–0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 11 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 11 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 10 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Cat Wave | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| UBRG Dragons | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–3 | 81.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 25–10–1 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Approach Necro | 1 | |||||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 42 | 56–40–1 | 58.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 7–5–1 | 58.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 16 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wave Blink | 13 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Azorius Wave | 10 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 6 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Adventures | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Nissa Company | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 2 | 4–0 | 100.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Akroma's Blessing
- Amrou Scout
- Broodmate Dragon
- Cartouche of Knowledge
- Channeler Initiate
- Civic Saber
- Civic Wayfinder
- Copperhorn Scout
- Deeproot Champion
- Dovin, Hand of Control
- Edgewall Innkeeper
- Elvish Harbinger
- Elvish Visionary
- Envelop
- Fiery Justice
- Flameblade Adept
- Flamewake Phoenix
- Fledgling Dragon
- Galvanic Bombardment
- Garenbrig Carver
- Goldmeadow Harrier
- Goldmeadow Stalwart
- Great Hall of the Citadel
- Heart-Piercer Manticore
- Herald of Anafenza
- High Sentinels of Arashin
- Invocation of Saint Traft
- Jund Hackblade
- Kellan, Daring Traveler
- Kenrith's Transformation
- Lucky Clover
- Mastery of the Unseen
- Midnight Guard
- Mindswipe
- Mirrorwing Dragon
- Natural State
- Naya Hushblade
- Nostalgic Dreams
- Opportunistic Dragon
- Order of the Golden Cricket
- Order of the Sacred Torch
- Overrun
- Priest of Titania
- Prowess of the Fair
- Puncture Blast
- Queen of Ice
- Rack and Ruin
- Rathi Dragon
- Regal Caracal
- Regna's Sanction
- Ronom Unicorn
- Rosethorn Acolyte
- Rustic Clachan
- Sailor of Means
- Second Sunrise
- Shaman of the Pack
- Shrapnel Blast
- Skyshroud War Beast
- Solemn Offering
- Sylvan Messenger
- The Reality Chip
- The Wanderer
- Thoughtweft Trio
- Trial of Knowledge
- Trial of Zeal
- Uktabi Orangutan
- Vizier of Remedies
- Whipcorder
- Wingmate Roc
- Wizened Cenn
- Wren's Run Packmaster
- Wydwen, the Biting Gale