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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 684–815 | 45.6 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 1558 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 64–50 | 56.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 16 | 43–31 | 58.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Humans | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 65 | 105–130 | 44.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Storm | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Taking Turns | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 22 | 36–45 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Restore Balance | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 74 | 63–147 | 30.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 27 | 32–52 | 38.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 9 | 4–18 | 18.2 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Sultai Control | 15 | 11–34 | 24.4 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 9 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 33 | 54–55 | 49.5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Aristocrats | 11 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 20 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 3 | 9 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 72 | 128–132 | 49.2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Familiars | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 68 | 124–123 | 50.2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 66 | 124–117 | 51.5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 27 | 59–46 | 56.2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 24 | 42–43 | 49.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 136 | 241–274 | 46.8 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| The Rock | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wave Blink | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 20 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 38 | 84–75 | 52.8 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 20 | 25–47 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Hero | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 |