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 9 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aggro | 3022 | 5813–4844 | 54.5 | 39 | 244 | 141 |
Mono Black Aggro | 24 | 29–31 | 48.3 | |||
Heroic | 313 | 644–501 | 56.2 | 1 | 27 | 23 |
Mono White Heroic | 206 | 467–330 | 58.6 | 1 | 22 | 18 |
Azorius Heroic | 26 | 46–52 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 58 | 114–76 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Boros Heroic | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 461 | 1061–710 | 59.9 | 8 | 49 | 25 |
Mono Red Devotion | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Goblins | 136 | 184–238 | 43.6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Tokens | 93 | 128–151 | 45.9 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Selesnya Tokens | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 70 | 120–116 | 50.8 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 100 | 196–165 | 54.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
White Weenie | 263 | 491–383 | 56.2 | 1 | 22 | 14 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 40 | 49–53 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Soldiers | 49 | 65–88 | 42.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Chroma White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Elves | 221 | 375–389 | 49.1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Werewolves | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Minotaurs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 71 | 110–129 | 46.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Selesnya Counters | 49 | 88–90 | 49.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rogues | 10 | 16–22 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Zombies | 371 | 794–574 | 58.0 | 6 | 48 | 21 |
Gruul Aggro | 63 | 95–117 | 44.8 | 1 | ||
Merfolk | 10 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 55 | 70–88 | 44.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Artifact Aggro | 140 | 214–221 | 49.2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Affinity | 11 | 4–18 | 18.2 | |||
Salvage Titan | 14 | 8–33 | 19.5 | |||
Tempered Steel | 108 | 199–159 | 55.6 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | |||||
Madness | 23 | 18–42 | 30.0 | |||
Gruul Madness | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Madness | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Jund Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 51 | 81–108 | 42.9 | 1 | 4 | |
Hexproof | 19 | 40–40 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
Boros Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 9 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
Hateful Auras | 12 | 17–28 | 37.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Slivers | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Naya Zoo | 7 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Knights | 190 | 434–288 | 60.1 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
AggroSlide | 297 | 702–453 | 60.8 | 18 | 61 | 12 |
Cats | 27 | 43–35 | 55.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono White Cats | 19 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Selesnya Cats | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Boros Aggro | 12 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Humans | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Pirates | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Rats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Combo | 2741 | 4511–4604 | 49.5 | 15 | 72 | 126 |
Storm | 870 | 1573–1265 | 55.4 | 6 | 24 | 66 |
Dragonstorm | 41 | 57–70 | 44.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Hazoret Storm | 12 | 5–16 | 23.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Simic Storm | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 32 | 30–72 | 29.4 | |||
High Tide | 767 | 1473–1076 | 57.8 | 6 | 22 | 66 |
Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Reanimator | 343 | 647–586 | 52.5 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
Worldgorger Dragon | 254 | 523–434 | 54.6 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Double Dragon | 171 | 384–299 | 56.2 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
Traditional Reanimator | 51 | 69–85 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rakdos Reanimator | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Dimir Reanimator | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Reanimator | 13 | 24–19 | 55.8 | |||
Grixis Reanimator | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 1 | ||
Oriss Genesis | 28 | 44–45 | 49.4 | 2 | ||
Biovisionary | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Dubious Challenge | 76 | 114–126 | 47.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Warp World | 13 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |||
Actual Warp World | 13 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |||
New Perspectives | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 58 | 83–104 | 44.4 | 3 | ||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 51 | 72–90 | 44.4 | 3 | ||
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Myr Incubator | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Fake-Twin | 86 | 144–151 | 48.8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 28 | 32–50 | 39.0 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 42 | 95–69 | 57.9 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Combo Post | 9 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 64 | 85–121 | 41.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Seismic Swans | 15 | 27–25 | 51.9 | |||
Eye of the Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Eggs | 73 | 100–160 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Saffi Combo | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Turntimber Ranger | 1 | |||||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 46 | 77–78 | 49.7 | 2 | ||
Retraction Helix Combo | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 178 | 211–350 | 37.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 6 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 47 | 53–87 | 37.9 | 1 | ||
Ominous Good | 169 | 281–313 | 47.3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Jokulhaups Combo | 105 | 180–182 | 49.7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Soulflayer | 80 | 132–138 | 48.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Breakfast | 253 | 496–384 | 56.4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
Hermit Gond | 58 | 123–85 | 59.1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Hermit Dredge | 75 | 129–111 | 53.8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Neoform Hermit | 85 | 172–135 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Oops All Lands | 17 | 16–40 | 28.6 | |||
Dredge | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Polymorph | 23 | 20–59 | 25.3 | |||
Protean Hulk Combo | 9 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 1 | ||
Storm Herald | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Stuffy Doll | 49 | 85–78 | 52.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Control | 2122 | 3233–3787 | 46.1 | 3 | 60 | 61 |
Mono Black Control | 78 | 105–116 | 47.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Esper Control | 131 | 282–224 | 55.7 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Demonic Rising | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 24 | 28–34 | 45.2 | 1 | ||
Dimir Control | 100 | 188–161 | 53.9 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
Azorius Control | 169 | 269–286 | 48.5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Adam's Ale | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Turbo Fog | 51 | 64–93 | 40.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Izzet Control | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
Mardu Control | 62 | 93–102 | 47.7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Mill | 58 | 61–117 | 34.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Control | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 43 | 58–73 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 21 | 28–33 | 45.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Grixis Control | 170 | 280–316 | 47.0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Cruel Control | 76 | 117–140 | 45.5 | 2 | ||
Stax | 184 | 272–367 | 42.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Chandra Nalaar | 12 | 13–31 | 29.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Jeskai Control | 71 | 107–133 | 44.6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Jeskai Approach | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Galleon Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Runeflare | 79 | 105–195 | 35.0 | 2 | ||
Ponza | 280 | 468–510 | 47.9 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Mono White Control | 29 | 40–46 | 46.5 | 1 | ||
Life is Ez | 13 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
Dynavolt Tower | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 64 | 83–88 | 48.5 | 3 | ||
Astral Slide | 20 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |||
Five Color Control | 37 | 46–76 | 37.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Shrines | 11 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 210 | 342–357 | 48.9 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Guildgate Control | 108 | 150–197 | 43.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Bant Control | 29 | 36–50 | 41.9 | 1 | 1 | |
Temur Reclamation | 41 | 32–66 | 32.7 | 1 | ||
Enchantments Control | 20 | 16–31 | 34.0 | |||
Orzhov Control | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 503 | 851–896 | 48.7 | 1 | 25 | 11 |
Aristocrats | 195 | 328–332 | 49.7 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 27 | 40–49 | 44.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 57 | 95–106 | 47.3 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 8 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Food | 17 | 18–29 | 38.3 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 73 | 149–112 | 57.1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Burn | 147 | 281–278 | 50.3 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
Infect | 48 | 50–95 | 34.5 | |||
Blazing Shoal Infect | 36 | 43–81 | 34.7 | |||
Mono Black Infect | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Pummeler | 8 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
Hermit Humans | 14 | 26–23 | 53.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Trickbind Dreadnought | 66 | 137–108 | 55.9 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Izzet Dreadnought | 9 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 51 | 106–81 | 56.7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Hushnought | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 10 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |||
Goblin Persist | 10 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |||
Aggro-Control | 848 | 1687–1343 | 55.7 | 6 | 50 | 47 |
Simic Flash | 8 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
Simic Vat | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 156 | 356–248 | 58.9 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Azorius Skies | 59 | 104–82 | 55.9 | 4 | ||
Blue Madness | 78 | 118–127 | 48.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Simic Madness | 61 | 95–97 | 49.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Temur Madness | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Grixis Madness | 12 | 16–22 | 42.1 | 1 | ||
Lich Aggro-Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
Wizards | 23 | 52–36 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ninjas | 39 | 66–67 | 49.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Tempo | 249 | 550–394 | 58.3 | 4 | 21 | 16 |
Izzet Spells | 160 | 311–238 | 56.6 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
Dimir Tempo | 39 | 74–71 | 51.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 683 | 1177–1238 | 48.7 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
Curses | 21 | 32–40 | 44.4 | |||
Burning Vengeance | 7 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 21 | 23–42 | 35.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Battle of Wits | 24 | 39–49 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Shared Fate | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Sunforger | 13 | 12–27 | 30.8 | 1 | ||
Pickles | 21 | 45–43 | 51.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Zur's Weirding | 49 | 88–105 | 45.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Solar Flare | 50 | 75–92 | 44.9 | 1 | 5 | |
Plasma Swans | 39 | 87–78 | 52.7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Liliana's Contract | 6 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 394 | 732–665 | 52.4 | 1 | 7 | 22 |
Wildfire | 394 | 732–665 | 52.4 | 1 | 7 | 22 |
Thryx-Wildfire | 137 | 254–258 | 49.6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 237 | 453–363 | 55.5 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
Midrange | 2235 | 3327–3843 | 46.4 | 3 | 78 | 64 |
Temur Ascendancy | 20 | 31–39 | 44.3 | 1 | ||
The Rock | 60 | 49–114 | 30.1 | |||
Golgari Citadel | 45 | 41–86 | 32.3 | |||
Grenzo | 8 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 24 | 49–38 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Value Town | 16 | 39–30 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Jund | 202 | 276–390 | 41.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Blink | 320 | 557–496 | 52.9 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
Wave Blink | 232 | 456–339 | 57.4 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
Esper Wave | 11 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
Azorius Wave | 105 | 230–135 | 63.0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Orzhov Wave | 86 | 155–144 | 51.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Bant Wave | 26 | 54–40 | 57.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Anti-Persecution | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
Graveyard Value | 91 | 110–150 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Séance | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Varolz Dreadnought | 47 | 71–70 | 50.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Enchantments Matter | 6 | 0–12 | 0.0 | |||
Constellation | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Allies | 11 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Esper Allies | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Treefolk | 39 | 82–80 | 50.6 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 82 | 76–141 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mardu Midrange | 31 | 61–59 | 50.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Vampires | 40 | 45–56 | 44.6 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 17 | 24–23 | 51.1 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 19 | 17–28 | 37.8 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
Mardu Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Elementals | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 180 | 313–283 | 52.5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Naya Midrange | 13 | 15–30 | 33.3 | |||
Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Big Red | 94 | 197–163 | 54.7 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Mono Black Midrange | 276 | 480–460 | 51.1 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
Mono Black Devotion | 169 | 297–277 | 51.7 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
Davriel Braids | 11 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 113 | 216–223 | 49.2 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
Dimir Vat | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Angels | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Angels | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Toughness Matters | 76 | 55–109 | 33.5 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 17 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Adventures | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Mutate | 13 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 38 | 47–65 | 42.0 | 1 | 2 | |
Sultai Emerge | 12 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 51 | 64–69 | 48.1 | 3 | ||
Jeskai Midrange | 57 | 90–95 | 48.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 41 | 49–82 | 37.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Zur the Enchanter | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Ordealbreak | 25 | 30–52 | 36.6 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 25 | 30–52 | 36.6 | |||
Mythic Colossification | 24 | 48–38 | 55.8 | 1 | ||
Neoform | 45 | 89–81 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Temur Neoform | 18 | 21–32 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sultai Neoform | 24 | 65–41 | 61.3 | 1 | ||
Clerics | 1 | |||||
Coinflips | 10 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 22 | 23–38 | 37.7 | |||
Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Ramp | 596 | 1059–1103 | 49.0 | 3 | 24 | 15 |
Villainous Wealth | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Wild Pair | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 432 | 807–801 | 50.2 | 3 | 21 | 11 |
Locus Awakening | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Post | 40 | 68–74 | 47.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 39 | 64–89 | 41.8 | |||
Greenpost | 266 | 555–494 | 52.9 | 3 | 16 | 9 |
Gruul Post | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Simic Post | 36 | 53–67 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Domain | 14 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |||
Reclamation at Wake | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Eureka! | 91 | 180–175 | 50.7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Applejacks | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Unclassified | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Commander | 10 |