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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 257–214 | 54.6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2470 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tokens | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 15 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Polymorph | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Control | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 25–16 | 61.0 | |||
| Burn | 8 | 21–11 | 65.6 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 32–22 | 59.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Battle of Wits | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 10 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 55 | 87–77 | 53.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mardu Hero | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 21 | 42–36 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Wild Pair | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 13 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
- Ashling, Flame Dancer
- Astral Steel
- Battery Bearer
- Behind the Mask
- Body Snatcher
- Brokers Ascendancy
- Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
- Cascade Bluffs
- Case of the Gateway Express
- Case of the Gorgon's Kiss
- Case of the Uneaten Feast
- Charming Scoundrel
- Crackling Club
- Cruelclaw's Heist
- Cunning Coyote
- Deathbloom Ritualist
- Desperate Bloodseeker
- Drag the Canal
- Dreamtide Whale
- Elspeth Tirel
- Enterprising Scallywag
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
- Feather of Flight
- Fight Rigging
- Frantic Scapegoat
- Fuss // Bother
- Gempalm Incinerator
- Gixian Puppeteer
- Glorious Gale
- Haytham Kenway
- Hew the Entwood
- Inventor's Axe
- Jerren, Corrupted Bishop
- Kayla's Command
- Kor Spiritdancer
- Lamplight Phoenix
- Lazav, Wearer of Faces
- Levitating Statue
- Liliana, Untouched by Death
- Maestros Ascendancy
- Nurturing Pixie
- Nylea, God of the Hunt
- Ominous Roost
- Optimistic Scavenger
- Patchwork Crawler
- Path to Exile
- Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
- Persist
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Pile On
- Quirion Beastcaller
- Regal Bunnicorn
- Requisition Raid
- Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
- Saradoc, Master of Buckland
- Seasoned Warrenguard
- Secret Passage
- Shadrix Silverquill
- Shardmage's Rescue
- Sheltered by Ghosts
- Shriveling Rot
- Sigarda, Host of Herons
- Sram, Senior Edificer
- Starving Revenant
- Strength of Isolation
- Sublime Archangel
- Taigam, Ojutai Master
- Tempted by the Oriq
- Terror Tide
- Thalia's Geistcaller
- The Jolly Balloon Man
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
- Under the Skin
- Volatile Stormdrake
- War Squeak
- Widespread Thieving
- Will, Scion of Peace