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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | 420–362 | 53.7 | 3 | 39 | 12 | 1755 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 51–30 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Red Deck Wins | 14 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Humans | 1 | |||||
| Boros Humans | 1 | |||||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 54 | 123–94 | 56.7 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 28 | 66–49 | 57.4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 22 | 51–39 | 56.7 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| "Twin" | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Jeskai "Twin" | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Naya "Twin" | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 15 | 41–20 | 67.2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 10 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Neoform Hermit | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 61 | 79–107 | 42.5 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 16 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Prison | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Food | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 27 | 57–40 | 58.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 23 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 29–20 | 59.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Midrange | 47 | 93–78 | 54.4 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 17 | 45–23 | 66.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Vampires | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |