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 6 days, 20 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | 776–548 | 58.6 | 9 | 102 | 15 | 1688 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 68 | 150–119 | 55.8 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| Heroic | 9 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 9 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 24–7 | 77.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Chroma White | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 47–39 | 54.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 70 | 145–143 | 50.3 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Storm | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 32 | 77–59 | 56.6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 21 | 50–39 | 56.2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 7 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Four Color Powerful Magic | 13 | 30–27 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 26–15 | 63.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| New Perspectives | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cat Wave | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Acid Wave | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 54 | 146–86 | 62.9 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| Mono Black Control | 12 | 32–18 | 64.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 21 | 60–29 | 67.4 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Adam's Ale | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Birthday Stax | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 7 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Vat | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 Pest | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 30 | 82–52 | 61.2 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| Mindcrank | 27 | 74–45 | 62.2 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 51 | 132–89 | 59.7 | 2 | 18 | 3 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 13 | 43–20 | 68.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Allies | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Allies | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 21 | 58–27 | 68.2 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 9 | 34–10 | 77.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 9 | 34–10 | 77.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 12 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Golgari Post | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 10 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 1 | 5 |