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 day, 20 hours.
Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 116–209 | 35.7 | 26 | 1316 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 80 | 79–138 | 36.4 | 0 | 19 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 14 | 7–26 | 21.2 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Knights | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Humans | 12 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Boros Humans | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rats | 22 | 19–39 | 32.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Combo | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 12–21 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 12 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 1 | |||||
| Clerics | 1 | |||||
| Ramp | 21 | 13–42 | 23.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 9 | 5–22 | 18.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 12 | 8–20 | 28.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Greenpost | 12 | 8–20 | 28.6 | 0 | 3 |