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 5 days, 7 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | 407–464 | 46.7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1553 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 25 | 33–49 | 40.2 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 157 | 294–296 | 49.8 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Storm | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 12 | 20–23 | 46.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Warp World | 56 | 136–95 | 58.9 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Temur Glimpse | 50 | 124–82 | 60.2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Boros Glimpse | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 20 | 34–32 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
| Cat Wave | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Cruel Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Saffi Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Retraction Helix Combo | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 14 | 33–20 | 62.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Belcher | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 9 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |||
| Control | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dwarf Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 34–28 | 54.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Coveted Falcon Combo | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Midrange | 19 | 15–41 | 26.8 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Elementals | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Angels | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |||
| Devoid Cruelty | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Applejacks | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 |