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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 237–140 | 62.9 | 6 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 25 | 62–22 | 73.8 | 4 | ||
| Heroic | 9 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Combo | 37 | 76–51 | 59.8 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 8 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 6 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| High Tide | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| "Twin" | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Naya "Twin" | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 23–18 | 56.1 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 31–21 | 59.6 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Neoform | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 |