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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | 195–323 | 37.6 | 25 | 1 | 1256 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 44–50 | 46.8 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Slivers | 7 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 7–28 | 20.0 | |||
| Storm | 8 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Necro Combo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 69 | 58–114 | 33.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Stax | 6 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 24 | 25–51 | 32.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Control | 7 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bant Control | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 22–36 | 37.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wizards | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Midrange | 40 | 39–70 | 35.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| The Rock | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grenzo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 14 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |