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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | 221–421 | 34.4 | 2 | 3 | 1298 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 40 | 42–75 | 35.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Kithkin | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Voltron | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Rats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 18–42 | 30.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 14 | 18–35 | 34.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 35 | 29–69 | 29.6 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mill | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 18 | 12–32 | 27.3 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 10–29 | 25.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Burn | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 90 | 110–184 | 37.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 10 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 25 | 29–49 | 37.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Midrange | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 14 | 18–37 | 32.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Adventures | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Neoform | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |