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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 75–135 | 35.7 | 2 | 1325 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 28–50 | 35.9 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 8–26 | 23.5 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | |||||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | |||||
| Breakfast | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 12 | 19–21 | 47.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 3–13 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selvala Morningstar | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |