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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 686 | 1821–1040 | 63.6 | 11 | 43 | 75 | 2196 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 68–34 | 66.7 | 5 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Zombies | 7 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 3 | ||
| Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Storm | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Control | 515 | 1387–790 | 63.7 | 10 | 41 | 56 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 350 | 1042–509 | 67.2 | 8 | 37 | 44 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 17 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 87 | 193–131 | 59.6 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Cawblade | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 19 | 33–38 | 46.5 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Sultai Control | 19 | 37–40 | 48.1 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 25 | 55–40 | 57.9 | 3 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 15 | 38–26 | 59.4 | 2 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 15 | 38–26 | 59.4 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 63 | 173–78 | 68.9 | 10 | ||
| Mindcrank | 10 | 29–12 | 70.7 | 2 | ||
| Zur's Weirding | 29 | 89–35 | 71.8 | 6 | ||
| Solar Flare | 12 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Midrange | 44 | 99–72 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 7 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |||
| Esper Hero | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 |