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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368 | 426–719 | 37.2 | 6 | 112 | 1273 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 69 | 79–128 | 38.2 | 2 | 24 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 10 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 20 | 16–30 | 34.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 12 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 6 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Combo | 50 | 52–106 | 32.9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Storm | 14 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 8 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Polymorph | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 61 | 42–135 | 23.7 | 1 | 20 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 11 | 4–25 | 13.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 21 | 14–49 | 22.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Astral Slide | 21 | 14–49 | 22.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 10 | 9–19 | 32.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Prison | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enchantress | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 12–31 | 27.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Burn | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 36 | 25–66 | 27.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Wizards | 19 | 4–31 | 11.4 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 30 | 22–49 | 31.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Curses | 1 | |||||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 8 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Familiars | 8 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 8 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 106 | 135–203 | 39.9 | 1 | 40 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blink | 37 | 51–69 | 42.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wave Blink | 7 | 2–15 | 11.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Wave | 6 | 2–14 | 12.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 19 | 40–32 | 55.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 17 | 29–34 | 46.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 16 | 26–32 | 44.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 33 | 38–63 | 37.6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Orzhov Capenna | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Carth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |