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.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245 | 392–374–1 | 51.2 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 1636 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 114 | 189–170 | 52.6 | 5 | 24 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 19 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Heroic | 8 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 9 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 8 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 21 | 39–34 | 53.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 20 | 29–33 | 46.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 16 | 27–29 | 48.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 35–39 | 47.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gyruda | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 2 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boros Twin | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Control | 6 | 3–8–1 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 1–4–1 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Hushnought | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 16 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 15 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 14 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Greasefang | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 37 | 56–53 | 51.4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Big Red | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 11 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | ||
| Mutate | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mardu Hero | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 19–31 | 38.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 13 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greenpost | 13 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Field Ramp | 5 | 1–9 | 10.0 |