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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 74–103 | 41.8 | 1 | 1323 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 29–32 | 47.5 | |||
| Heroic | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |