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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290 | 620–263 | 70.2 | 9 | 37 | 47 | 2387 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 44 | 78–41 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Heroic | 10 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 10 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 2 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 16 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 154 | 388–139 | 73.6 | 9 | 32 | 29 |
| Storm | 41 | 107–33 | 76.4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 41 | 107–33 | 76.4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Reanimator | 96 | 252–92 | 73.3 | 6 | 25 | 17 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 51 | 161–38 | 80.9 | 4 | 12 | 15 |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 44 | 90–54 | 62.5 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 40 | 80–50 | 61.5 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 13 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Control | 17 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 7 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 22 | 37–23 | 61.7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Aristocrats | 18 | 31–18 | 63.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 12 | 27–12 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 34 | 50–32 | 61.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Big Red | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 10 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Party | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 33–13 | 71.7 | 4 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 18 | 33–13 | 71.7 | 4 | ||
| Greenpost | 18 | 33–13 | 71.7 | 4 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
- Banishing Knack
- Bar the Door
- Bone Shards
- Corridor Monitor
- Eureka
- Fractal Summoning
- Gaddock Teeg
- Garrison Cat
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Ghoulcaller's Harvest
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Herald of Hadar
- High Tide
- Hurly-Burly
- Ichorid
- Kudo, King Among Bears
- Lead the Stampede
- Locthwain Gargoyle
- Mercurial Transformation
- Rapacious One
- Redcap Melee
- Sandstorm Salvager
- Satyr's Cunning
- Selfless Savior
- Shield Mate
- Slip Out the Back
- Soul-Guide Lantern
- The Underworld Cookbook
- Thousand-Year Storm
- Vampire Opportunist
- Venerated Loxodon
- Vengeful Dead
- Vigorous Charge
- Vilis, Broker of Blood
- Whipflare