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 14 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 883 | 1825–1569 | 53.8 | 10 | 146 | 38 | 1784 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 180 | 420–311 | 57.5 | 2 | 15 | 11 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 18 | 33–31 | 51.6 | |||
| Heroic | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 95 | 241–165 | 59.4 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 10 | 20–21 | 48.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 32 | 80–50 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Affinity | 19 | 44–32 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 36–18 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 85 | 123–168 | 42.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Esper Control | 36 | 64–78 | 45.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dimir Control | 24 | 35–43 | 44.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 11 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cawblade | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 28 | 54–54 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 16 | 34–32 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 77 | 166–133 | 55.5 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 56 | 140–99 | 58.6 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 31 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 31 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 31 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 45–38 | 54.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 481 | 972–848 | 53.4 | 5 | 102 | 22 |
| The Rock | 29 | 66–54 | 55.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 40 | 46–80 | 36.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 24 | 53–43 | 55.2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wave Blink | 18 | 39–31 | 55.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 18 | 39–31 | 55.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 54 | 87–112 | 43.7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 162 | 404–261 | 60.8 | 2 | 37 | 18 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 27 | 62–47 | 56.9 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Dimir Midrange | 63 | 129–114 | 53.1 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 94 | 175–159 | 52.4 | 1 | 20 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 |