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 5 days, 7 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | 389–457 | 46.0 | 7 | 1505 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 112 | 224–243 | 48.0 | 3 | ||
| Mardu Control | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 84 | 185–188 | 49.6 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 16 | 32–38 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 14 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 14 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 1 | ||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 30–31 | 49.2 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 54 | 100–119 | 45.7 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Acid Trip | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 5 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 12 | 32–16 | 66.7 | 3 | ||
| Death Cloud | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 |