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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 67–113 | 37.2 | 8 | 1275 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | |||||
| Affinity | 1 | |||||
| Combo | 13 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Taking Turns | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 38 | 28–58 | 32.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Prison | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 8–21 | 27.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Party | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |