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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 106–132 | 44.5 | 1369 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 26–47 | 35.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Cats | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Necro Burn | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Curses | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Midrange | 36 | 57–54 | 51.4 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| The Rock | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 10 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 |