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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 138–283 | 32.8 | 12 | 1 | 1209 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 44–78 | 36.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| White Weenie | 11 | 18–31 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 6 | 9–19 | 32.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Humans | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 8 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Boros Glimpse | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 12–63 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 8 | 7–22 | 24.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 11–32 | 25.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wizards | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 42–66 | 38.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 6 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 6 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 13 | 21–37 | 36.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |