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.
-
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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1466 | 2702–1415 | 65.6 | 19 | 92 | 195 | 2407 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 536 | 1075–519 | 67.4 | 7 | 41 | 85 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Heroic | 209 | 425–227 | 65.2 | 6 | 27 | 26 |
| Mono White Heroic | 143 | 297–169 | 63.7 | 5 | 24 | 15 |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 37 | 63–36 | 63.6 | 3 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 9 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 3 | ||
| Selesnya Heroic | 19 | 43–15 | 74.1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 69 | 151–55 | 73.3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Tokens | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 15 | 42–9 | 82.4 | 6 | ||
| White Weenie | 63 | 127–59 | 68.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 19 | 41–17 | 70.7 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mono White Humans | 9 | 33–5 | 86.8 | 4 | ||
| Elves | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 12 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 49 | 110–50 | 68.8 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Affinity | 30 | 80–30 | 72.7 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Madness | 7 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 6 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 15 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 13 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 5 | 16–2 | 88.9 | 3 | ||
| AggroSlide | 48 | 96–41 | 70.1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 4 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Humans | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 9 | 24–4 | 85.7 | 4 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 24–4 | 85.7 | 4 | ||
| Permanent Vacation | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 454 | 813–443 | 64.7 | 10 | 39 | 57 |
| Storm | 34 | 42–37 | 53.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 13 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 73 | 144–72 | 66.7 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 15 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Double Dragon | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Living Death | 13 | 50–7 | 87.7 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Excruciator Combo | 13 | 50–7 | 87.7 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 37 | 68–42 | 61.8 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 34 | 64–38 | 62.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 36 | 68–32 | 68.0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 11 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 34–15 | 69.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 9 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Myr Incubator | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Eggs | 8 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 17 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 115 | 244–103 | 70.3 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| Oops All Spells | 114 | 243–102 | 70.4 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| Unctus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 11 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Polymorph | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 30 | 58–38 | 60.4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Ad Swanseam | 23 | 44–30 | 59.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 8 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Restore Balance | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 9 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 17 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Midnight Mass | 7 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Phoenix Altar | 6 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Actual Twin | 21 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 5 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 18 | 39–13 | 75.0 | 5 | ||
| Boros Twin | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 102 | 166–91 | 64.6 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 33 | 79–25 | 76.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Boros Control | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 13 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
| Blackpost | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 8 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 10 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 1 | ||
| Life is Ez | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Prison | 15 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 2 | ||
| Enchantress | 12 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 52 | 89–52 | 63.1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 13 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 8 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 32 | 76–27 | 73.8 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 28 | 74–22 | 77.1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 30 | 56–27 | 67.5 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 8 | 20–8 | 71.4 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 10–0 | 100.0 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 97 | 166–97 | 63.1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Battle of Wits | 21 | 45–21 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hive Mind | 46 | 73–45 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 8 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 10 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Greasefang | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 159 | 267–149 | 64.2 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 9 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Blink | 42 | 97–34 | 74.0 | 8 | ||
| Wave Blink | 11 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 8 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 25 | 69–18 | 79.3 | 6 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Allies | 35 | 49–31 | 61.3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Azorius Allies | 24 | 35–21 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 9 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 20 | 43–16 | 72.9 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Orzhov Capenna | 17 | 42–13 | 76.4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 10 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 8 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Naya Hero | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 31 | 48–32 | 60.0 | 3 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 10 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 15 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 15 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Unclassified | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- +2 Mace
- Adarkar Wastes
- Ajani, Caller of the Pride
- Blessed Defiance
- Brightling
- Chainer, Nightmare Adept
- Chancellor of the Tangle
- Combat Thresher
- Damn
- Daybreak Coronet
- Defiler of Vigor
- Demonic Bargain
- Doomsday Excruciator
- Dread Fugue
- Dread Presence
- Echoing Return
- Falkenrath Pit Fighter
- Flourishing Strike
- Forbidden Orchard
- Free from Flesh
- Homestead Courage
- Invasion of Dominaria
- Kytheon, Hero of Akros
- Mind Flayer
- Mistbreath Elder
- Myr Scrapling
- Night // Day
- Power Word Kill
- Recruitment Officer
- Render Inert
- Search the Premises
- Servant of the Stinger
- Sinister Starfish
- Slumbering Keepguard
- Soulfire Grand Master
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Thorn of Amethyst
- Thran Portal
- Titania's Command
- Tragic Fall
- Urza's Mine
- Urza's Power Plant
- Urza's Tower
- Veteran Survivor
- Westgate Regent