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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | 716–270 | 72.6 | 20 | 67 | 43 | 2250 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 32 | 69–35 | 66.3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 9 | 28–8 | 77.8 | 2 | 5 | |
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 12 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 79 | 177–72 | 71.1 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
| Storm | 42 | 99–35 | 73.9 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 36 | 89–31 | 74.2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Song Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 19 | 46–18 | 71.9 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 18 | 45–17 | 72.6 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 112 | 293–98 | 74.9 | 10 | 28 | 18 |
| Mono Blue Control | 25 | 67–27 | 71.3 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 76 | 215–62 | 77.6 | 8 | 21 | 14 |
| Mill | 3 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Life is Ez | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 26 | 71–24 | 74.7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 26 | 71–24 | 74.7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 24 | 66–22 | 75.0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Aggro-Control | 18 | 38–14 | 73.1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 14 | 31–12 | 72.1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Combo-Control | 13 | 35–14 | 71.4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Displace Loop | 11 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Familiars | 11 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Cosmic Epiphany
- Cyclone
- Gavony Trapper
- Geth, Thane of Contracts
- Haunted Library
- Invulnerability
- Kheru Dreadmaw
- Laboratory Drudge
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Llanowar Envoy
- Meteor Swarm
- Mount Velus Manticore
- Mystic Skull
- Nightfire Giant
- Nova Pentacle
- Rimewind Taskmage
- Sharae of Numbing Depths
- Woodland Acolyte
Cards Played First
- Abstruse Appropriation
- Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
- Academy Loremaster
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Arabella, Abandoned Doll
- Banish into Fable
- Banishing Slash
- Behold the Unspeakable
- Besotted Knight
- Borne Upon a Wind
- Bramble Familiar
- Brokers Charm
- Burning Sun's Fury
- Callous Bloodmage
- Case of the Ransacked Lab
- Charming Prince
- Chupacabra Echo
- Clay-Fired Bricks
- Cloudsteel Kirin
- Coastal Bulwark
- Complete the Circuit
- Conduit of Worlds
- Converter Beast
- Cosmic Epiphany
- Curse of Silence
- Cyclone
- Debt to the Kami
- Destroy Evil
- Doomskar
- Dreadhound
- Echoing Decay
- Energy Refractor
- Extinction Event
- Extraplanar Lens
- Fallaji Archaeologist
- Fell
- Flooded Grove
- Floriferous Vinewall
- Flourishing Bloom-Kin
- Flow of Knowledge
- Galvanic Discharge
- Gavony Trapper
- Geth, Thane of Contracts
- Gifts Ungiven
- Glimpse of Nature
- Grabby Giant
- Guardian of Ghirapur
- Halo Scarab
- Haunted Library
- Helping Hand
- Hidden Courtyard
- Hidden Necropolis
- Honeymoon Hearse
- Hurkyl, Master Wizard
- Ill-Timed Explosion
- Invulnerability
- Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
- Kaya's Guile
- Kess, Dissident Mage
- Kheru Dreadmaw
- Kozilek, the Broken Reality
- Laboratory Drudge
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Leyline of Abundance
- Llanowar Envoy
- Lounge
- Ludevic, Necrogenius
- Make Your Move
- Mechanized Warfare
- Meteor Swarm
- Mizzix's Mastery
- Mount Velus Manticore
- Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
- Mystic Skull
- Needlethorn Drake
- Nightfire Giant
- Nova Pentacle
- Over the Edge
- Papercraft Decoy
- Phosphorescent Feast
- Phyrexian Vindicator
- Power Artifact
- Profane Tutor
- Proft's Eidetic Memory
- Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
- Radiant Epicure
- Restless Vents
- Rimewind Taskmage
- Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
- Sapphire Medallion
- Sauron, the Dark Lord
- Shadow of the Second Sun
- Sharae of Numbing Depths
- Shield-Wall Sentinel
- Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
- Soul Search
- Spell Queller
- Spring-Loaded Sawblades
- Steamcore Scholar
- Stern Lesson
- Sunbird Standard
- Tenth District Hero
- The Dragon-Kami Reborn
- The Elder Dragon War
- The Witch's Vanity
- Thing in the Ice
- Tune the Narrative
- Unable to Scream
- Uncharted Haven
- Vengeful Devil
- Virtue of Knowledge
- Voracious Hydra
- Water Wings
- Weakstone's Subjugation
- Weatherlight Compleated
- Well of Ideas
- Witness Protection
- Woodland Acolyte