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, 4 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aggro | 1722 | 3478–2965 | 54.0 | 19 | 179 | 94 |
Mono Black Aggro | 50 | 79–100 | 44.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Heroic | 86 | 142–172 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Mono White Heroic | 39 | 69–85 | 44.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Azorius Heroic | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Boros Heroic | 8 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
Selesnya Heroic | 28 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Red Deck Wins | 714 | 1827–1077 | 62.9 | 13 | 103 | 68 |
Mono Red Devotion | 22 | 49–39 | 55.7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Prisoner | 38 | 90–60 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Proliferate Red | 67 | 192–101 | 65.5 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
Goblins | 15 | 15–27 | 35.7 | |||
Tokens | 48 | 68–86 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Selesnya Tokens | 17 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Green Stompy | 77 | 163–153 | 51.6 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
White Weenie | 98 | 183–179 | 50.6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Odric Keywords | 18 | 38–34 | 52.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Soldiers | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Kithkin | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Chroma White | 1 | |||||
Elves | 39 | 76–67 | 53.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Werewolves | 33 | 39–49 | 44.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Minotaurs | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Warriors | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 115 | 215–207 | 50.9 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Rogues | 10 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |||
Zombies | 24 | 16–40 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Gruul Aggro | 41 | 74–85 | 46.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Merfolk | 15 | 6–39 | 13.3 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 26 | 44–49 | 47.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Artifact Aggro | 130 | 232–224 | 50.9 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
Affinity | 83 | 176–148 | 54.3 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
Boros Vehicles | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Salvage Titan | 24 | 20–45 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Devoid Aggro | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Aggro | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
Madness | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | |||
Gruul Madness | 7 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Voltron | 85 | 145–158 | 47.9 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Hexproof | 21 | 28–35 | 44.4 | |||
Boros Auras | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 50 | 100–87 | 53.5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Naya Zoo | 19 | 36–36 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Boros Aggro | 9 | 9–25 | 26.5 | |||
Humans | 14 | 11–26 | 29.7 | |||
Selesnya Humans | 12 | 8–21 | 27.6 | |||
Combo | 823 | 1563–1463 | 51.7 | 7 | 52 | 33 |
Storm | 4 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Reanimator | 377 | 789–635 | 55.4 | 3 | 25 | 14 |
Recurring Nightmare | 227 | 463–372 | 55.4 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Dragon Nightmare | 106 | 228–151 | 60.2 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Jund Nightmare | 33 | 61–72 | 45.9 | 1 | ||
Four Color Powerful Magic | 39 | 88–72 | 55.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | |||||
Living Death | 132 | 317–231 | 57.8 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
Traditional Reanimator | 17 | 9–32 | 22.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | |||||
Warp World | 8 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
Actual Warp World | 8 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
New Perspectives | 52 | 85–97 | 46.7 | 1 | 7 | |
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Monumental Ignus | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 85 | 173–138 | 55.6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 27 | 58–41 | 58.6 | 0 | 4 | |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Myr Incubator | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Umbral Mantle | 98 | 211–150 | 58.4 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Fake-Twin | 36 | 64–77 | 45.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Murderous Mastery | 21 | 47–41 | 53.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Combo Post | 25 | 81–32 | 71.7 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Eye of the Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Eggs | 9 | 0–24 | 0.0 | |||
Saffi Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Turntimber Ranger | 11 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Breakfast | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Cephalid Breakfast | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Oops All Lands | 14 | 20–28 | 41.7 | |||
Stuffy Doll | 19 | 27–48 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Control | 1263 | 2164–2327 | 48.2 | 9 | 83 | 44 |
Mono Black Control | 26 | 33–51 | 39.3 | |||
Esper Control | 56 | 110–117 | 48.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Demonic Rising | 1 | |||||
Mono Blue Control | 11 | 5–19 | 20.8 | |||
Dimir Control | 39 | 34–71 | 32.4 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Control | 79 | 144–108 | 57.1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Adam's Ale | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Turbo Fog | 22 | 31–44 | 41.3 | |||
Izzet Control | 15 | 17–31 | 35.4 | 1 | ||
Mardu Control | 11 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |||
Mill | 17 | 19–36 | 34.5 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 407 | 796–690 | 53.6 | 4 | 31 | 22 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 94 | 195–143 | 57.7 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Blackpost | 56 | 141–94 | 60.0 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 48 | 83–71 | 53.9 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 68 | 144–120 | 54.5 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 24 | 38–52 | 42.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 50 | 137–77 | 64.0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Grixis Control | 12 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |||
Stax | 1 | |||||
Chandra Nalaar | 25 | 57–44 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jeskai Control | 196 | 404–388 | 51.0 | 3 | 23 | 11 |
Jeskai Approach | 79 | 153–135 | 53.1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Dragon Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Izzet Dragons | 1 | |||||
Galleon Control | 1 | |||||
Ponza | 39 | 18–63 | 22.2 | |||
Mono White Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Dynavolt Tower | 34 | 66–72 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Cycling Control | 76 | 98–148 | 39.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Astral Slide | 40 | 42–75 | 35.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Five Color Control | 54 | 110–110 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
Sultai Control | 14 | 18–33 | 35.3 | 1 | ||
Bant Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Enchantments Control | 7 | 1–17 | 5.6 | |||
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 80 | 139–162 | 46.2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Orzhov Control | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 360 | 712–617 | 53.6 | 9 | 33 | 24 |
Aristocrats | 214 | 493–363 | 57.6 | 8 | 29 | 20 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 29 | 86–48 | 64.2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 126 | 299–212 | 58.5 | 6 | 22 | 13 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 27 | 63–51 | 55.3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 20 | 29–28 | 50.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Mardu Aristocrats | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Burn | 28 | 17–39 | 30.4 | 1 | ||
Infect | 30 | 39–59 | 39.8 | |||
Pummeler | 71 | 127–123 | 50.8 | 3 | ||
Aggro-Control | 217 | 394–411 | 48.9 | 1 | 22 | 7 |
Simic Flash | 48 | 116–81 | 58.9 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Simic Vat | 44 | 109–76 | 58.9 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Izzet Tempo | 52 | 67–120 | 35.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Skies | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
Blue Madness | 7 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
Temur Madness | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Lich Aggro-Control | 8 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Temur Clues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Tetsukotog | 19 | 28–34 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12 Pest | 60 | 133–95 | 58.3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Combo-Control | 365 | 601–717 | 45.6 | 5 | 36 | 12 |
Curses | 13 | 19–25 | 43.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Burning Vengeance | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Battle of Wits | 59 | 74–152 | 32.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Shared Fate | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Sunforger | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
Pickles | 10 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Displace Loop | 44 | 74–87 | 46.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Familiars | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Hedron Alignment | 25 | 37–50 | 42.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Yosei Vat | 31 | 66–61 | 52.0 | 4 | 7 | |
Lich's Mastery | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Mass Land Destruction | 150 | 273–266 | 50.6 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
Wildfire | 150 | 273–266 | 50.6 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
Midrange | 1086 | 1713–2005 | 46.1 | 9 | 59 | 34 |
Temur Ascendancy | 153 | 304–263 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
The Rock | 64 | 123–117 | 51.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Abzan Midrange | 35 | 40–68 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Knights of Windgrace | 1 | |||||
Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Jund | 39 | 57–79 | 41.9 | 1 | ||
Blink | 116 | 224–208 | 51.9 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
Wave Blink | 112 | 220–201 | 52.3 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 31 | 70–49 | 58.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Azorius Wave | 77 | 149–146 | 50.5 | 6 | 15 | |
Acid Trip | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Anti-Persecution | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 32 | 32–66 | 32.7 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Orzhov Enchantress | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Allies | 86 | 131–158 | 45.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Orzhov Allies | 15 | 13–27 | 32.5 | |||
Mardu Allies | 20 | 39–45 | 46.4 | 0 | 4 | |
Boros Allies | 30 | 47–44 | 51.6 | 2 | ||
Esper Allies | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 20 | 22–44 | 33.3 | |||
Selvala Morningstar | 1 | |||||
Mardu Midrange | 11 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Vampires | 147 | 268–245 | 52.2 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
Mono Black Vampires | 98 | 197–145 | 57.6 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
Rakdos Vampires | 15 | 22–31 | 41.5 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 29 | 48–58 | 45.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Legends Midrange | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Elementals | 5 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 12 | 15–22 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Naya Midrange | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
Big Red | 8 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Hellion Whip | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Dimir Vat | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Temur Energy | 11 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sultai Midrange | 63 | 125–132 | 48.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Sultai Emerge | 59 | 121–121 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Orzhov Midrange | 29 | 36–51 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Clerics | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Ramp | 396 | 635–755 | 45.7 | 1 | 16 | 7 |
Villainous Wealth | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
Rofellos Ramp | 178 | 341–324 | 51.3 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
Wild Pair | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 186 | 262–363 | 41.9 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Eldrazipost | 36 | 59–75 | 44.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Locus Awakening | 36 | 56–78 | 41.8 | 1 | ||
Golgari Post | 10 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Greenpost | 23 | 39–36 | 52.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Gruul Post | 7 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
Simic Post | 11 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
Domain | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
Temur Bombardment | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Commander | 9 |