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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 | 633–256 | 71.2 | 6 | 43 | 2131 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 41 | 139–33 | 80.8 | 15 | ||
| Heroic | 17 | 61–10 | 85.9 | 8 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 17 | 61–10 | 85.9 | 8 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 38–8 | 82.6 | 3 | ||
| White Weenie | 9 | 28–8 | 77.8 | 4 | ||
| Zombies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 35 | 90–46 | 66.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Reanimator | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Dubious Challenge | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 24 | 60–25 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Oops All Spells | 24 | 60–25 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Control | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 32 | 111–29 | 79.3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Infect | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 31 | 106–29 | 78.5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 31 | 106–29 | 78.5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 6 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 40–31 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Angels | 9 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Angels | 9 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 85 | 227–100 | 69.4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 49 | 133–49 | 73.1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 34 | 93–49 | 65.5 | 5 | ||
| Greenpost | 34 | 93–49 | 65.5 | 5 |