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 1 week, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 248–202 | 55.1 | 5 | 1688 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Elves | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Jund Nightmare | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 21–22 | 48.8 | |||
| Simic Flash | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 19–31 | 38.0 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 10 | 16–24 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 67–47 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 7 | 20–13 | 60.6 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Emerge | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 24 | 76–44 | 63.3 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 17 | 54–31 | 63.5 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 |