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 12 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 127–82 | 60.8 | 6 | 1716 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | |||||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | |||||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | |||||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 77–42 | 64.7 | 5 | ||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Blink | 14 | 47–14 | 77.0 | 4 | ||
| Wave Blink | 13 | 47–12 | 79.7 | 4 | ||
| Esper Wave | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 10 | 40–8 | 83.3 | 4 | ||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Neoform | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Neoform | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Simic Neoform | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |