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 13 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | 602–485 | 55.4 | 18 | 1740 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 143 | 228–152 | 60.0 | 10 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 11 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Heroic | 9 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Elves | 22 | 43–28 | 60.6 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 8 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 12 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 31 | 72–30 | 70.6 | 6 | ||
| Affinity | 20 | 46–18 | 71.9 | 4 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 11 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 2 | ||
| Madness | 12 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 12 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| Voltron | 13 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 8 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Bant Humans | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Shamans | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 35 | 43–55 | 43.9 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 10 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Control | 40 | 44–49 | 47.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 22 | 29–28 | 50.9 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 6 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 26 | 55–22 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Food | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 9 | 15–6 | 71.4 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 26 | 28–28 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wizards | 9 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 17 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 17 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 17 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Midrange | 135 | 173–152 | 53.2 | 4 | ||
| The Rock | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Jund | 8 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Blink | 34 | 54–31 | 63.5 | 2 | ||
| Wave Blink | 20 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 2 | ||
| Esper Wave | 5 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 9 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 6 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 2 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Big Red | 12 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mutate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 16 | 20–16 | 55.6 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 25 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 8 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 |