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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 248–223 | 52.7 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1989 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 32–32 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Elves | 9 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Merfolk | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo | 54 | 74–109 | 40.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Storm | 28 | 34–56 | 37.8 | |||
| Sultai Tendrils | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| High Tide | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 11 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Control | 10 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Prison | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 42–27 | 60.9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Burn | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Infect | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 11 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 11 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hive Mind | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 20 | 69–24 | 74.2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 11 | 33–13 | 71.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 11 | 33–13 | 71.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 7 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 7 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Archfiend of the Dross
- Aria of Flame
- As Foretold
- Backdraft Hellkite
- Beast Whisperer
- Big Score
- Containment Construct
- Deathcap Marionette
- Defiler of Instinct
- Dig Up
- Disruption Protocol
- Domri, Chaos Bringer
- Dragonlord Atarka
- Drogskol Infantry
- Ego Drain
- Electrodominance
- Elven Chorus
- Errant and Giada
- Eruth, Tormented Prophet
- Feral Encounter
- Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
- Gloomshrieker
- Gyruda, Doom of Depths
- Historian's Wisdom
- Instrument of the Bards
- Invasion of Ergamon
- Invoke Calamity
- Karumonix, the Rat King
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw
- March of Burgeoning Life
- March of Reckless Joy
- Phyrexian Processor
- Primal Surge
- Radagast the Brown
- Raffine's Informant
- Reforge the Soul
- Rite of Harmony
- Sakashima the Impostor
- Sarkhan Unbroken
- Shadow of Mortality
- Shaman's Trance
- Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
- Spring-Leaf Avenger
- Surrak and Goreclaw
- Terror of Mount Velus
- The Modern Age
- The Stasis Coffin
- Threats Undetected
- Vigor
- Vindictive Flamestoker
- Vineglimmer Snarl
- Volcanic Spite
- Vraan, Executioner Thane
- Windbrisk Heights