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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298 | 539–539 | 50.0 | 7 | 67 | 9 | 1580 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 45 | 78–75 | 51.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 29–30 | 49.2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 12 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 9 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jund Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 9 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo | 91 | 162–176 | 47.9 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| Storm | 8 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 7 | 10–18 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Breakfast | 25 | 70–44 | 61.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 25 | 70–44 | 61.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 36 | 58–66 | 46.8 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Gyruda | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 37–48 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 11 | 11–18 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 13 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 54 | 132–88 | 60.0 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 10 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Necro Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 25 | 62–46 | 57.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 11 | 20–26 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Infect | 14 | 42–20 | 67.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 17 | 45–26 | 63.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 17 | 45–26 | 63.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 21 | 38–44 | 46.3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 9 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Combo-Control | 16 | 16–30 | 34.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Approach Necro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 13–24 | 35.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wildfire | 11 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 11 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 39 | 52–73 | 41.6 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 9 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Vampires | 11 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 10 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 |