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 8 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 299–279 | 51.7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1660 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Warriors | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 42 | 90–87 | 50.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Storm | 22 | 49–43 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragonstorm | 11 | 28–24 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Storm | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 6 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 23 | 51–51 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 10 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 10 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Midrange | 28 | 73–62 | 54.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 11 | 27–29 | 48.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 19–16 | 54.3 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 |