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 6 days, 21 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 148–218 | 40.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1343 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 22–24 | 47.8 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Humans | 1 | |||||
| Boros Humans | 1 | |||||
| Combo | 23 | 20–39 | 33.9 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 30 | 38–62 | 38.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Ponza | 16 | 28–27 | 50.9 | 1 | ||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Curses | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Adventures | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund Wight | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 21–40 | 34.4 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 19–32 | 37.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 14 | 19–32 | 37.3 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |