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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 357 | 527–590 | 47.2 | 14 | 1510 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 60 | 89–103 | 46.4 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 16 | 31–29 | 51.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Madness | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Humans | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 144 | 202–236 | 46.1 | 4 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 19 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 51 | 81–80 | 50.3 | 1 | ||
| Mill | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 9 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
| Cycling Control | 55 | 68–93 | 42.2 | 2 | ||
| Astral Slide | 55 | 68–93 | 42.2 | 2 | ||
| Bant Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 75 | 137–122 | 52.9 | 4 | ||
| Blue Madness | 71 | 128–114 | 52.9 | 4 | ||
| Simic Madness | 71 | 128–114 | 52.9 | 4 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Midrange | 45 | 52–77 | 40.3 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 12 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 13 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Allies | 10 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Treefolk | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 27 | 43–39 | 52.4 | 3 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 12 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 2 | ||
| Channel-Rofellos | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 |