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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 211–243–1 | 46.5 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 1504 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 43 | 77–88–1 | 46.7 | 2 | 22 | |
| Heroic | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 12 | 19–24 | 44.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 9 | 25–16–1 | 61.0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Elves | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Combo | 15 | 18–32 | 36.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 8 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Oops All Spells | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dredge | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Control | 16 | 18–36 | 33.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 18–31 | 36.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Burn | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 29–28 | 50.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Blink | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Capenna | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Hero | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 2 |