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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 213–170 | 55.6 | 7 | 1712 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 40 | 106–71 | 59.9 | 3 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 38–15 | 71.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Devotion | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 9 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 31–38 | 44.9 | |||
| Grenzo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mutate | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 46–39 | 54.1 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 |