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 1 week, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 275–535 | 34.0 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 1080 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 120 | 191–281 | 40.5 | 4 | 20 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 83 | 115–215 | 34.8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 27 | 33–75 | 30.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 45 | 70–101 | 40.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Soldiers | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 18 | 44–27 | 62.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Affinity | 16 | 42–26 | 61.8 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cats | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 49 | 48–136 | 26.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| Runeflare | 40 | 37–109 | 25.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ponza | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 8–27 | 22.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Burn | 7 | 7–23 | 23.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 17 | 8–57 | 12.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 6 | 2–24 | 7.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Acid Trip | 3 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Constellation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 |