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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 8 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1476 | 3369–1554 | 68.4 | 121 | 448 | 133 | 2245 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 139 | 262–147 | 64.1 | 5 | 29 | 10 |
| Heroic | 13 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 9 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 34–26 | 56.7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 10 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 7 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 21 | 47–17 | 73.4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Kithkin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 24 | 48–27 | 64.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 11 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 11 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 431 | 969–447 | 68.4 | 26 | 117 | 46 |
| Storm | 215 | 566–209 | 73.0 | 16 | 63 | 29 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 39 | 121–40 | 75.2 | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 116 | 325–117 | 73.5 | 6 | 36 | 19 |
| Stormpost | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 44 | 101–38 | 72.7 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Song Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 14 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Living Death | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 10 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Necro Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 23 | 48–25 | 65.8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 46 | 92–48 | 65.7 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 17 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 29 | 66–30 | 68.8 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 7 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 7 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 19 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 29 | 84–30 | 73.7 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Oops All Spells | 26 | 83–27 | 75.5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Unctus | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 7 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Endless Belch | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 7 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Twin | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 414 | 978–468 | 67.6 | 45 | 159 | 30 |
| Esper Control | 11 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 84 | 183–110 | 62.5 | 4 | 29 | 5 |
| Dimir Control | 11 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 193 | 545–187 | 74.5 | 31 | 82 | 19 |
| Cawblade | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 13 | 17–30 | 36.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 15 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 8 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 10 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Cruel Control | 9 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 7 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Life is Ez | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 7 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Astral Slide | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 8 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Enchantments Control | 7 | 26–6 | 81.3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 19 | 67–18 | 78.8 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Prison | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 62 | 150–64 | 70.1 | 9 | 18 | 7 |
| Aristocrats | 15 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 11 | 41–12 | 77.4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Burn | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 39 | 98–36 | 73.1 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 36 | 93–33 | 73.8 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 72 | 124–64 | 66.0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Wizards | 27 | 45–27 | 62.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 25 | 53–23 | 69.7 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 116 | 240–132 | 64.5 | 9 | 38 | 8 |
| Battle of Wits | 8 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 17 | 49–17 | 74.2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Displace Loop | 48 | 94–49 | 65.7 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Familiars | 35 | 72–36 | 66.7 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Solar Flare | 10 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 25 | 45–31 | 59.2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 25 | 45–31 | 59.2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 17 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 4 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Midrange | 228 | 569–219 | 72.2 | 27 | 74 | 24 |
| The Rock | 3 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 103 | 306–103 | 74.8 | 17 | 48 | 10 |
| Wave Blink | 61 | 196–59 | 76.9 | 11 | 31 | 8 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 8 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 40 | 144–34 | 80.9 | 10 | 22 | 6 |
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Blink | 32 | 93–38 | 71.0 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Necro Midrange | 9 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 53 | 156–48 | 76.5 | 8 | 17 | 8 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 9 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Defenders | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Cosmic Epiphany
- Cyclone
- Gavony Trapper
- Geth, Thane of Contracts
- Haunted Library
- Invulnerability
- Kheru Dreadmaw
- Laboratory Drudge
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Llanowar Envoy
- Meteor Swarm
- Mount Velus Manticore
- Mystic Skull
- Nightfire Giant
- Nova Pentacle
- Rimewind Taskmage
- Sharae of Numbing Depths
- Woodland Acolyte
Cards Played First
- Abstruse Appropriation
- Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
- Academy Loremaster
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Arabella, Abandoned Doll
- Banish into Fable
- Banishing Slash
- Behold the Unspeakable
- Besotted Knight
- Borne Upon a Wind
- Bramble Familiar
- Brokers Charm
- Burning Sun's Fury
- Callous Bloodmage
- Case of the Ransacked Lab
- Charming Prince
- Chupacabra Echo
- Clay-Fired Bricks
- Cloudsteel Kirin
- Coastal Bulwark
- Complete the Circuit
- Conduit of Worlds
- Converter Beast
- Cosmic Epiphany
- Curse of Silence
- Cyclone
- Debt to the Kami
- Destroy Evil
- Doomskar
- Dreadhound
- Echoing Decay
- Energy Refractor
- Extinction Event
- Extraplanar Lens
- Fallaji Archaeologist
- Fell
- Finale of Revelation
- Flooded Grove
- Floriferous Vinewall
- Flourishing Bloom-Kin
- Flow of Knowledge
- Galvanic Discharge
- Gavony Trapper
- Geth, Thane of Contracts
- Gifts Ungiven
- Glimpse of Nature
- Grabby Giant
- Guardian of Ghirapur
- Halo Scarab
- Haunted Library
- Helping Hand
- Hidden Courtyard
- Hidden Necropolis
- Honeymoon Hearse
- Hurkyl, Master Wizard
- Ill-Timed Explosion
- Invulnerability
- Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
- Kaya's Guile
- Kess, Dissident Mage
- Kheru Dreadmaw
- Kozilek, the Broken Reality
- Laboratory Drudge
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Leyline of Abundance
- Llanowar Envoy
- Lounge
- Ludevic, Necrogenius
- Make Your Move
- Mechanized Warfare
- Meteor Swarm
- Mizzix's Mastery
- Mount Velus Manticore
- Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
- Mystic Skull
- Needlethorn Drake
- Nightfire Giant
- Nova Pentacle
- Over the Edge
- Papercraft Decoy
- Phosphorescent Feast
- Phyrexian Vindicator
- Power Artifact
- Profane Tutor
- Proft's Eidetic Memory
- Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
- Radiant Epicure
- Restless Vents
- Rimewind Taskmage
- Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
- Sapphire Medallion
- Sauron, the Dark Lord
- Shadow of the Second Sun
- Sharae of Numbing Depths
- Shield-Wall Sentinel
- Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
- Soul Search
- Spell Queller
- Spring-Loaded Sawblades
- Steamcore Scholar
- Stern Lesson
- Sunbird Standard
- Tenth District Hero
- The Dragon-Kami Reborn
- The Elder Dragon War
- The Witch's Vanity
- Thing in the Ice
- Tune the Narrative
- Unable to Scream
- Uncharted Haven
- Vengeful Devil
- Virtue of Knowledge
- Voracious Hydra
- Water Wings
- Weakstone's Subjugation
- Weatherlight Compleated
- Well of Ideas
- Witness Protection
- Woodland Acolyte
Notes
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