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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 116–94 | 55.2 | 4 | 1686 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 61–40 | 60.4 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 23–12 | 65.7 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 36–26 | 58.1 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 18–3 | 85.7 | 3 | ||
| Neoform | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |