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 3 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 166–222 | 42.8 | 1 | 1 | 1476 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 22–23 | 48.9 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 75 | 89–109 | 44.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 11 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 17 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |||
| Azorius Control | 14 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Dragon Control | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Dragons | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Solar Flare | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 33 | 31–52 | 37.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 8–24 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |