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 13 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | 672–363–1 | 64.9 | 10 | 55 | 15 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 59 | 186–95 | 66.2 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| Heroic | 10 | 34–17 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 6 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Zombies | 15 | 55–21 | 72.4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Merfolk | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 46 | 150–83 | 64.4 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Storm | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 23 | 71–40 | 64.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 21 | 64–37 | 63.4 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 8 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Hyperwave | 4 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | 3 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cat Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Acid Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 3 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dredge | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 43 | 130–77–1 | 62.8 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 10 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 30–10 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 9 | 27–15–1 | 64.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Necro Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 5 | 17–7–1 | 70.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| WUBR Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Dragons | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Galleon Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oketra's Monument | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Oketra's Monument | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Approach Necro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Swarm Intelligence | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | |||||
| Wildfire | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 36 | 124–58 | 68.1 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| The Rock | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wave Blink | 7 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 7 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Allies | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 45–16 | 73.8 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Necro Midrange | 10 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Devoid Cruelty | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Commander | 9 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Abbot of Keral Keep
- Aeolipile
- Agony Warp
- Aura Fracture
- Blood Funnel
- Cascading Cataracts
- Changeling Hero
- Changeling Outcast
- Dark Salvation
- Darting Merfolk
- Due Respect
- Final Judgment
- Firebrand Archer
- Grasping Dunes
- Grave Pact
- Gravestorm
- Inundate
- Jace's Defeat
- Jinxed Idol
- Kefnet's Last Word
- Knollspine Dragon
- Mire Triton
- Misstep
- Myth Realized
- Notion Thief
- Phantasmal Bear
- Profane Memento
- Quicksilver Gargantuan
- Rampaging Ferocidon
- Ruins of Oran-Rief
- Secrets of the Golden City
- Seer's Sundial
- Shared Fate
- Strength of Night
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang
- Tempest Caller
- Undead Augur
- Vance's Blasting Cannons
- Warping Wail