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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 141–141 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 1596 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 24 | 48–34 | 58.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 36–49 | 42.4 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Life is Ez | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 29–37 | 43.9 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 |