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 1 week.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | 577–266 | 68.4 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 2142 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 149 | 450–205 | 68.7 | 4 | 25 | 21 |
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 73 | 247–95 | 72.2 | 4 | 17 | 13 |
| Anvil Colossus | 73 | 247–95 | 72.2 | 4 | 17 | 13 |
| Eggs | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 46 | 132–63 | 67.7 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Belcher | 4 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | ||
| Tameshi Bloom | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 22 | 64–33 | 66.0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 9 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 5 | 22–6 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Enchantress | 5 | 22–6 | 78.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 28–7 | 80.0 | 3 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 28–7 | 80.0 | 3 | ||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 28–6 | 82.4 | 3 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 28–6 | 82.4 | 3 | ||
| Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 |