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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 129–76 | 62.9 | 5 | 1788 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 39–23 | 62.9 | 2 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 25–5 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | |||||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |