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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 121–172 | 41.3 | 1 | 15 | 1389 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 46 | 70–79 | 47.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Prisoner | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Illusions | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 13–24 | 35.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eye of the Storm | 10 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 3–13 | 18.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |