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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 129–111–6 | 53.8 | 1 | 30 | 1649 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 30–29 | 50.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Twin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 10 | 24–23–1 | 51.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 6–7–1 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–4–1 | 42.9 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–1–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–1–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 2–1–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 27–19–4 | 58.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 24–14–4 | 63.2 | 0 | 5 |