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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 398–294–8 | 57.5 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 1815 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 51 | 148–80–5 | 64.9 | 8 | 28 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heroic | 5 | 10–8–1 | 55.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 7–5–1 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 19 | 60–25–4 | 70.6 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 2 | 13–1 | 92.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Knights | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Hellbent | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 30 | 55–62–1 | 47.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Storm | 7 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Living Death | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 3–7–1 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hyperwave | 2 | 3–5–1 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Perspectives | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| "Twin" | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Breakfast | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Control | 22 | 50–45–1 | 52.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 13–8–1 | 61.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 8–5–1 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 18–21–1 | 46.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Curses | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Approach Necro | 2 | 5–4–1 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 20 | 49–39 | 55.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Acid Trip | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 6 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Devoid Cruelty | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |