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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 97–136 | 41.6 | 2 | 1411 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 20 | 31–39 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Polymorph | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 18–34 | 34.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |