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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 134–123 | 52.1 | 4 | 1830 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 2 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Knights | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 41 | 77–81 | 48.7 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 8 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 15 | 44–24 | 64.7 | 2 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 13 | 40–21 | 65.6 | 2 | ||
| Double Dragon | 11 | 33–18 | 64.7 | 2 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 |