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 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 116–138 | 45.7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1520 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 39–31 | 55.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 25–29 | 46.3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Dredge | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | |||||
| Control | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 17 | 34–32 | 51.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 12 | 30–21 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 12 | 30–21 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |