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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 141–154 | 47.8 | 2 | 1523 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 64–59 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| 8 Whack | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 18 | 24–49 | 32.9 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 |