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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 116–167 | 41.0 | 21 | 1 | 1381 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 32 | 49–64 | 43.4 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Heroic | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 34 | 43–70 | 38.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Storm | 14 | 10–30 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 10 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Breakfast | 8 | 19–16 | 54.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 8 | 19–16 | 54.3 | |||
| Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |