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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | 314–173 | 64.5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2094 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 65 | 137–63 | 68.5 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Heroic | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 21 | 51–20 | 71.8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 21 | 51–20 | 71.8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Elves | 15 | 40–16 | 71.4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Cats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 70 | 115–72 | 61.5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Storm | 24 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dragonstorm | 21 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 13 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Soulflayer | 7 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 2 | ||
| Reanim8 Rack | 7 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 2 | ||
| Restore Balance | 5 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Boros Bombardment | 4 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Burn | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 6 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 16 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Enchantments Matter | 5 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Party | 6 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Archfiend of the Dross
- Aria of Flame
- As Foretold
- Backdraft Hellkite
- Beast Whisperer
- Big Score
- Containment Construct
- Deathcap Marionette
- Defiler of Instinct
- Dig Up
- Disruption Protocol
- Domri, Chaos Bringer
- Dragonlord Atarka
- Drogskol Infantry
- Ego Drain
- Eladamri, Korvecdal
- Eladamri's Call
- Electrodominance
- Elven Chorus
- Errant and Giada
- Eruth, Tormented Prophet
- Feral Encounter
- Flare of Cultivation
- Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
- Gloomshrieker
- Gyruda, Doom of Depths
- Historian's Wisdom
- Insidious Fungus
- Instrument of the Bards
- Invasion of Ergamon
- Invoke Calamity
- Karumonix, the Rat King
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw
- March of Burgeoning Life
- March of Reckless Joy
- Mystic Forge
- Phyrexian Processor
- Primal Surge
- Radagast the Brown
- Raffine's Informant
- Reforge the Soul
- Resilient Roadrunner
- Return the Favor
- Rite of Harmony
- Sakashima the Impostor
- Sarkhan Unbroken
- Scrapshooter
- Shadow of Mortality
- Shaman's Trance
- Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
- Spring-Leaf Avenger
- Surrak and Goreclaw
- Terror of Mount Velus
- The Huntsman's Redemption
- The Modern Age
- The Stasis Coffin
- Threats Undetected
- Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
- Vigor
- Vindictive Flamestoker
- Vineglimmer Snarl
- Volcanic Spite
- Vraan, Executioner Thane
- Windbrisk Heights