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 1 week, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 140–108 | 56.5 | 1 | 2 | 1668 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 30–21 | 58.8 | |||
| Storm | 8 | 18–9 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 68–51 | 57.1 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 10 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 |