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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238 | 336–281 | 54.5 | 14 | 11 | 1742 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 9–31 | 22.5 | |||
| Storm | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| "Twin" | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai "Twin" | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 69 | 106–86 | 55.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 31 | 58–43 | 57.4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 15 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 15 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 102 | 174–117 | 59.8 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Infect | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 95 | 166–108 | 60.6 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 90 | 155–103 | 60.1 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 2 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Sunforger | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Bind the Monster
- Blossoming Calm
- Chandra, Fire Artisan
- Counterspell
- Curious Obsession
- Delver of Secrets
- Dire Fleet Daredevil
- Dispel
- Flame Blitz
- Flame Sweep
- Frantic Inventory
- Glorybringer
- Growth Spiral
- Heart of Yavimaya
- Jace, Memory Adept
- Lava Coil
- Metamorphic Alteration
- Miscast
- Mystic Gate
- Ponder
- Pongify
- Protean Thaumaturge
- Ratchet Bomb
- Ray of Frost
- Reins of Power
- Runed Halo
- Sweltering Suns
- Temple of Enlightenment
- Thraben Inspector
- Tormod's Crypt
- Wilderness Reclamation