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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | 585–618 | 48.6 | 11 | 1516 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 52 | 138–105 | 56.8 | 5 | ||
| Heroic | 15 | 28–41 | 40.6 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 9 | 22–22 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 7 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
| Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 11 | 42–13 | 76.4 | 3 | ||
| Hateful Auras | 11 | 42–13 | 76.4 | 3 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 71 | 142–187 | 43.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 9 | 18–24 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Izzet Control | 13 | 22–37 | 37.3 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 11 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |||
| Blackpost | 10 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 10 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 22 | 53–49 | 52.0 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 11 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 2 | ||
| Food | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 11 | 23–29 | 44.2 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |||
| Pickles | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Midrange | 75 | 163–191 | 46.0 | 2 | ||
| The Rock | 8 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 10 | 32–17 | 65.3 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Big Red | 8 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 7 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 7 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
| Party | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 9 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |||
| Death Cloud | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 17 | 42–36 | 53.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 42–36 | 53.8 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 5 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 8 | 22–14 | 61.1 |