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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 97–120 | 44.7 | 6 | 1 | 1486 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | |||||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 8 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 7–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| 12 Pest | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Acid Trip | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| White Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 |