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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | 903–502 | 64.3 | 12 | 44 | 32 | 2114 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 45 | 143–61 | 70.1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroic | 5 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 12 | 41–11 | 78.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 10 | 36–9 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Humans | 6 | 25–4 | 86.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 5 | 21–3 | 87.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pirates | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Combo | 213 | 601–363 | 62.3 | 8 | 36 | 19 |
| Storm | 32 | 86–63 | 57.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Hazoret Storm | 12 | 36–22 | 62.1 | 1 | ||
| Citadel Storm | 20 | 50–41 | 54.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Reanimator | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 3 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 57–25 | 69.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Warp World | 21 | 65–32 | 67.0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Temur Glimpse | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 17 | 55–24 | 69.6 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Hypergenesis | 9 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 2 | ||
| Anvil Colossus | 4 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 2 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 8 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Breakfast | 12 | 38–19 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Unctus | 4 | 14–3 | 82.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oops All Lands | 32 | 80–44 | 64.5 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Dredge | 12 | 38–15 | 71.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 11 | 35–13 | 72.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Polymorph | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 9 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Belcher | 13 | 35–28 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Amalia Combo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Primal Prayers Combo | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Necro Burn | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Infect | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 73–38 | 65.8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| The Rock | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 7 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 6 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
- Cynical Loner
- Essence Channeler
- Fiery Emancipation
- Flotsam // Jetsam
- Generous Plunderer
- Hostile Hostel
- No Witnesses
- Palani's Hatcher
- Peerless Recycling
- Pugnacious Hammerskull
- Saheeli's Lattice
- Serra's Emissary
- Stickytongue Sentinel
- Sunshower Druid
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane
- Thought Vessel
- Triumphant Chomp