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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332 | 701–488 | 59.0 | 16 | 68 | 13 | 2127 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 88 | 184–136 | 57.5 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heroic | 8 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 9 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 27 | 57–41 | 58.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Affinity | 13 | 36–19 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Salvage Titan | 10 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Madness | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gruul Madness | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Bant Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 86 | 182–128 | 58.7 | 5 | 23 | 3 |
| Storm | 12 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 13 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 13 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 12 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 19 | 60–30 | 66.7 | 5 | 15 | |
| Oops All Spells | 19 | 60–30 | 66.7 | 5 | 15 | |
| Dredge | 14 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 7 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Restore Balance | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 30 | 50–46 | 52.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 21 | 66–29 | 69.5 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 14 | 48–19 | 71.6 | 5 | 8 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 14 | 48–19 | 71.6 | 5 | 8 | |
| Hushnought | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 21 | 41–31 | 56.9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ninjas | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Tempo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 6 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 17 | 33–16 | 67.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Curses | 8 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 21–5 | 80.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 21–4 | 84.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 58 | 116–84 | 58.0 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Blink | 14 | 28–17 | 62.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wave Blink | 10 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 8 | 23–8 | 74.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bant Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Treefolk | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 16 | 37–24 | 60.7 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Necro Midrange | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 11 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 10 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Naya Hero | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Simic Snow | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Greenpost | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Applejacks | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 |