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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 299–289 | 50.9 | 1 | 8 | 1566 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Combo | 81 | 183–164 | 52.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Storm | 13 | 20–33 | 37.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 12 | 32–24 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | |||||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Eggs | 39 | 96–76 | 55.8 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 8 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
| Breakfast | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 39 | 83–83 | 50.0 | 4 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 24 | 50–54 | 48.1 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 5 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 4 | 16–2 | 88.9 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |