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 6 days, 22 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 156–197 | 44.2 | 1 | 1448 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 66 | 112–116 | 49.1 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 12 | 25–19 | 56.8 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dragon Control | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Dragons | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 15 | 26–24 | 52.0 | |||
| Pox | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 12 | 22–29 | 43.1 | |||
| Enchantress | 9 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 26–49 | 34.7 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 10 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |