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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 144–211 | 40.6 | 2 | 3 | 1492 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 48–73 | 39.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 17 | 33–45 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 6 | 24–6 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 4 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 15 | 25–45 | 35.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 26–34 | 43.3 | |||
| Jund | 10 | 22–23 | 48.9 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |