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. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 13 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | 430–340 | 55.8 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 1905 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 56–34 | 62.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 33 | 55–53 | 50.9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Storm | 17 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 14 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| High Tide | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 55 | 100–92 | 52.1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 19 | 38–26 | 59.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ponza | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 38–35 | 52.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 13 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 61 | 133–87 | 60.5 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| The Rock | 4 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 28 | 70–40 | 63.6 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Abzan Hero | 9 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 7 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Hero | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 16–2 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ramp | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |