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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 86–165 | 34.3 | 2 | 1299 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 17–31 | 35.4 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 9–26 | 25.7 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 11 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mill | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 21–48 | 30.4 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Clerics | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Laelia Cascade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |