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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | 610–376 | 61.9 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 1886 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 47 | 102–56 | 64.6 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 35–15 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 23–16 | 59.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 9 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 17–6 | 73.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 52–21 | 71.2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 16 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Control | 131 | 288–174 | 62.3 | 2 | 20 | 18 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 10 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 37 | 102–36 | 73.9 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| Cycling Control | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Control | 66 | 130–96 | 57.5 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Pox | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 30 | 45–30 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 8 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ninjas | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 57 | 100–73 | 57.8 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| The Rock | 8 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 14 | 36–15 | 70.6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aragorn, the Uniter
- Bushwhack
- Confounding Riddle
- Doors of Durin
- Ebon Dragon
- Horned Loch-Whale
- Hostile Takeover
- Kenrith, the Returned King
- Kroxa and Kunoros
- Lightning Helix
- Moonveil Regent
- Omnath, Locus of All
- Outrageous Robbery
- Pick Your Poison
- Rankle's Prank
- Sentinel of Lost Lore
- Sword of Light and Shadow
- Take Up the Shield
- Tectonic Hazard
- Thrun, the Last Troll
- Verdant Mastery