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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | 520–528 | 49.6 | 7 | 1844 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Combo | 50 | 105–117 | 47.3 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Warp World | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Soulflayer | 12 | 40–19 | 67.8 | 1 | ||
| Polymorph | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |||
| Storm Herald | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 6 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 98 | 221–209 | 51.4 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 36 | 73–78 | 48.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 10 | 24–16 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 18 | 38–36 | 51.4 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 13 | 32–33 | 49.2 | |||
| Blackpost | 8 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 14 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Stax | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 63–42 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 4 | 17–3 | 85.0 | 2 | ||
| Midrange | 41 | 68–97 | 41.2 | |||
| The Rock | 10 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 5 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Owling Mine | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Coinflip Tribal | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Ramp | 16 | 32–37 | 46.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 16 | 32–37 | 46.4 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Simic Post | 12 | 21–28 | 42.9 |