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 5 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 157–142 | 52.5 | 4 | 4 | 1642 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 29–24 | 54.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Infect | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 8 | 20–11 | 64.5 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 20–11 | 64.5 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 20–11 | 64.5 | 1 | ||
| Greasefang | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 13 | 23–29 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |