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 2 days, 21 hours.
Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 101–92 | 52.3 | 6 | 1546 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 48–33 | 59.3 | 4 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 13 | 37–15 | 71.2 | 4 | ||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Control | 9 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 3 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | |||||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |