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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 137–206 | 39.9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1327 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 20–37 | 35.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elves | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 50 | 66–89 | 42.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 31 | 43–49 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 7 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 8 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 15–34 | 30.6 | |||
| Esper Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 13–30 | 30.2 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Simic Infect | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 |