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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 391–295 | 57.0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1762 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 58–43 | 57.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 8 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elves | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 11 | 21–14 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Combo | 38 | 77–62 | 55.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Storm | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Storm | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Temur Glimpse | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Saffi Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Primal Prayers Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 39 | 77–61 | 55.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 7 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 7 | 17–10 | 63.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 19 | 53–24 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 10 | 31–12 | 72.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Midrange | 53 | 98–82 | 54.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| The Rock | 9 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 5 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |