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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 133–65 | 67.2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 35–14 | 71.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Heroic | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 11 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |