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, 7 hours.
Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 157–163 | 49.1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1602 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 22 | 39–38 | 50.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Sultai Tendrils | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Simic Storm | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 27 | 55–42 | 56.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ponza | 16 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Burn | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |