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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 307–296–1 | 50.9 | 10 | 7 | 1613 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 69 | 126–120 | 51.2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 20 | 40–31 | 56.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 2 | ||
| Affinity | 5 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 19 | 44–32 | 57.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Cats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 29 | 64–49 | 56.6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 13 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 13 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 13 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 7 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 26 | 52–57 | 47.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Runeflare | 3 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Ponza | 14 | 34–27 | 55.7 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 31–40–1 | 43.7 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Wave Blink | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 8–4–1 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |