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 6 days, 5 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | 514–389 | 56.9 | 8 | 70 | 11 | 1824 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 125 | 303–194 | 61.0 | 8 | 43 | 8 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heroic | 11 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 9 | 27–15 | 64.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 31 | 83–49 | 62.9 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Goblins | 16 | 42–22 | 65.6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Odric Keywords | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Werewolves | 13 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 6 | 21–5 | 80.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 34–21 | 61.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 12 | 31–16 | 66.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Voltron | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 32 | 51–56 | 47.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Storm | 14 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| New Perspectives | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grixis Breakfast | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hermit Gond | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Control | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 11–22 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Curses | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 35 | 78–54 | 59.1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Blink | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Allies | 10 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mardu Allies | 9 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 16–19 | 45.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Channel-Rofellos | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |