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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 135–130 | 50.9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1580 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 76–66 | 53.5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Heroic | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Goblins | 14 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 26–31 | 45.6 | |||
| Storm | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Control | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |