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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 181–128 | 58.6 | 1 | 7 | 1752 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 36–33 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | |||||
| White Weenie | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 31 | 59–33 | 64.1 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 12 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 11 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 11 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 9 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 21–4 | 84.0 | 1 | ||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | |||||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 16 | 47–17 | 73.4 | 3 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 11 | 36–11 | 76.6 | 3 | ||
| Channel-Rofellos | 9 | 29–8 | 78.4 | 3 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Commander | 1 |