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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 160–94 | 63.0 | 6 | 1701 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Warp World | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 20 | 47–33 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 12 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Approach | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Simic Vat | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 54–25 | 68.4 | 4 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 8 | 29–11 | 72.5 | 3 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Emerge | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |