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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | 816–500 | 62.0 | 41 | 2036 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 63 | 117–68 | 63.2 | 6 | ||
| Heroic | 11 | 32–9 | 78.0 | 4 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 29–6 | 82.9 | 4 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Zombies | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| 8 Whack | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Cats | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Cats | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 145 | 287–153 | 65.2 | 18 | ||
| Storm | 47 | 77–63 | 55.0 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 29 | 58–42 | 58.0 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 21 | 45–24 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 14 | 30–14 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Double Dragon | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 24 | 69–15 | 82.1 | 9 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 20 | 54–17 | 76.1 | 6 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 15 | 42–11 | 79.2 | 5 | ||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Gyruda | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 64 | 99–66 | 60.0 | 5 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 14 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 16 | 23–16 | 59.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 9 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 13 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 41 | 59–54 | 52.2 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Infect | 20 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 2 | ||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 16 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 2 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 37 | 70–34 | 67.3 | 4 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mindcrank | 6 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Dragoncrank | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Zur's Weirding | 17 | 39–15 | 72.2 | 3 | ||
| Solar Flare | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 77 | 139–92 | 60.2 | 4 | ||
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Blink | 13 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |||
| Wave Blink | 11 | 21–13 | 61.8 | |||
| Esper Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 17 | 34–15 | 69.4 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 16 | 34–14 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 21 | 50–20 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Big Red | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Avalanche Caller
- Deduce
- Demon Bolt
- Epic Experiment
- Fauna Shaman
- Flame-Blessed Bolt
- Illustrious Historian
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- Moderation
- Nested Shambler
- Picnic Ruiner
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- Scorn Effigy
- Silver Drake
- Sunrise Cavalier
- Vampires' Vengeance
- Veteran Brawlers
- You Find the Villains' Lair