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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 87–208 | 29.5 | 6 | 1162 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 10–28 | 26.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 19 | 25–45 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 6 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 28 | 25–62 | 28.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 14 | 9–34 | 20.9 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 7–20 | 25.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 7–30 | 18.9 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 |