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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 127–161 | 44.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1423 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 34 | 64–53 | 54.7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Heroic | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 24–9 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Odric Keywords | 7 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 22–26 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 4 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Control | 19 | 21–36 | 36.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Burn | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Displace Loop | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |