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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 200–157 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | 1884 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 16–13 | 55.2 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 44 | 90–69 | 56.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 13 | 35–17 | 67.3 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 19 | 38–30 | 55.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 17 | 33–25 | 56.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 54–40 | 57.4 | 2 | ||
| Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 24 | 53–38 | 58.2 | 2 | ||
| Ramp | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 |