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 12 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 105–147 | 41.7 | 1 | 1396 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 5–21 | 19.2 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Swath Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Endless Belch | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 35–38 | 47.9 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Nissa Company | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |