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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 121–224 | 35.1 | 1307 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 23–45 | 33.8 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Rats | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 42 | 28–69 | 28.9 | |||
| The Rock | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Angels | 6 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Nissa Company | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 9 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Ramp | 52 | 60–94 | 39.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 15 | 22–25 | 46.8 | |||
| Field Ramp | 28 | 35–56 | 38.5 | |||
| Superfriends | 7 | 2–9 | 18.2 |