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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 289–229 | 55.8 | 2 | 8 | 1717 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 33 | 89–60 | 59.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Storm | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Umbral Mantle | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Saffi Combo | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 28 | 60–69 | 46.5 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Food | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 57–53 | 51.8 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 |