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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | 311–419–2 | 42.6 | 2 | 74 | 1244 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 59 | 72–107 | 40.2 | 1 | 26 | |
| Heroic | 14 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 10 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 19–28 | 40.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 12 | 10–22 | 31.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Elves | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 20 | 12–34 | 26.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Combo | 1 | |||||
| Biovisionary | 1 | |||||
| Warp World | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cat Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 47 | 57–83 | 40.7 | 1 | 18 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Demonic Rising | 34 | 48–49 | 49.5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Xerox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | |||||
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 36 | 43–72–1 | 37.4 | 0 | 13 | |
| Curses | 18 | 28–36–1 | 43.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Oketra's Monument | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Oketra's Monument | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Oketra's Monument | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Pickles | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 56 | 79–112–1 | 41.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 40 | 51–80–1 | 38.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 40 | 51–80–1 | 38.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Elementals | 1 | |||||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | |||||
| Unclassified | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Amoeboid Changeling
- Angelic Accord
- Archmage Ascension
- Artifact Blast
- Assassinate
- Aviary Mechanic
- Bitterheart Witch
- Bloodbond Vampire
- Blowfly Infestation
- Bojuka Brigand
- Cateran Summons
- Cephalid Looter
- Chartooth Cougar
- Cliffhaven Vampire
- Crusader of Odric
- Curse of Misfortunes
- Curse of Thirst
- Curse of Vengeance
- Darksteel Sentinel
- Diabolic Tutor
- Dimensional Infiltrator
- Drana's Emissary
- End Hostilities
- Evil Twin
- Fallen Ferromancer
- Fathom Mage
- Fleetfeather Cockatrice
- Forsaken Sanctuary
- Gaea's Anthem
- Hand of the Praetors
- Harrow
- Imagecrafter
- Increasing Savagery
- Infectious Bloodlust
- Izzet Signet
- Kalastria Healer
- Kormus Bell
- Lantern Scout
- Lead by Example
- Life Burst
- Manic Scribe
- March from the Tomb
- Meandering River
- Mind Unbound
- Misery Charm
- Mobile Garrison
- Nameless One
- Ondu Cleric
- Parallax Wave
- Parallel Thoughts
- Plague Mare
- Plague Myr
- Primal Rage
- Prophet of Kruphix
- Retreat to Emeria
- Savage Alliance
- Savage Conception
- Scion Summoner
- Seller of Songbirds
- Seraph of the Masses
- Serene Steward
- Shields of Velis Vel
- Shred Memory
- Sidisi's Faithful
- Smoldering Spires
- Spiketail Drakeling
- Spirit Mirror
- Sporemound
- Sunbringer's Touch
- Sunspring Expedition
- Thriving Turtle
- Trespasser's Curse
- Urborg Volcano
- Valor in Akros
- Vampire Envoy
- Vedalken Aethermage
- Venser's Journal
- Welkin Tern