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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 218–163 | 57.2 | 6 | 5 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 50–31 | 61.7 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 12 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 12 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | |||||
| Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 8 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Double Dragon | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 22 | 47–32 | 59.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Esper Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 1 | ||
| Curses | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 11 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 45–36 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 9 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |