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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 200–289 | 40.9 | 2 | 1386 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 32 | 49–77 | 38.9 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | |||||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | |||||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 37 | 52–87 | 37.4 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 32–31 | 50.8 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Séance | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 1 |