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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1348 | 2984–1059 | 73.8 | 5 | 26 | 254 | 2354 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 80 | 136–68 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Tokens | 9 | 18–8 | 69.2 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 9 | 18–8 | 69.2 | |||
| White Weenie | 22 | 50–19 | 72.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 17 | 28–12 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 17 | 28–12 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 15 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 11 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Control | 458 | 1094–334 | 76.6 | 3 | 16 | 99 |
| Esper Control | 64 | 149–48 | 75.6 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Mono Blue Control | 16 | 34–9 | 79.1 | 4 | ||
| Dimir Control | 49 | 102–33 | 75.6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Azorius Control | 271 | 694–192 | 78.3 | 2 | 6 | 65 |
| Cawblade | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Bant Control | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Pox | 11 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enchantments Control | 33 | 76–29 | 72.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 39 | 73–29 | 71.6 | 5 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 24 | 49–19 | 72.1 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 9 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 2 | ||
| Hushnought | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 197 | 487–146 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
| Izzet Tempo | 97 | 241–68 | 78.0 | 25 | ||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 73 | 193–57 | 77.2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Izzet Spells | 13 | 33–9 | 78.6 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 317 | 706–254 | 73.5 | 0 | 2 | 66 |
| Mindcrank | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Solar Flare | 5 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 275 | 613–224 | 73.2 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 275 | 613–224 | 73.2 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 36 | 102–28 | 78.5 | 12 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 176 | 393–137 | 74.2 | 38 | ||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 22 | 42–27 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 32 | 69–27 | 71.9 | 6 | ||
| Thopter-Sword | 32 | 83–22 | 79.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 30 | 79–20 | 79.8 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 233 | 458–201 | 69.5 | 1 | 6 | 31 |
| Abzan Midrange | 8 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 6 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Blink | 15 | 40–10 | 80.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 7 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 24 | 41–24 | 63.1 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 110 | 233–100 | 70.0 | 17 | ||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 92 | 196–85 | 69.8 | 13 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 19 | 26–17 | 60.5 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 20–3 | 87.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 15 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 12 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 |