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 9 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 169–165 | 50.6 | 3 | 1637 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 25–21 | 54.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 26–43 | 37.7 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| GreenTwin | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Amalia Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 29–23 | 55.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 52–35 | 59.8 | 2 | ||
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 7 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 2 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Hero | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Laelia Cascade | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |