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 1 week.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | 574–464 | 55.3 | 1 | 17 | 1763 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 81–54 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 2 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 23 | 54–34 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Voltron | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Control | 66 | 132–109 | 54.8 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 9 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 12 | 29–19 | 60.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 12 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 1 | ||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 21 | 28–38 | 42.4 | |||
| Sultai Control | 10 | 22–12 | 64.7 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 68 | 179–105 | 63.0 | 8 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 49 | 138–73 | 65.4 | 6 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 14 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 97 | 170–173 | 49.6 | 2 | ||
| The Rock | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Jund | 36 | 74–67 | 52.5 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| White Jund | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 12 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 21 | 33–31 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |