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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 107–135 | 44.2 | 3 | 1459 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 17–25 | 40.5 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 12–28 | 30.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 24 | 50–57 | 46.7 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 20 | 45–50 | 47.4 | 2 | ||
| Simic Post | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Temurpost | 15 | 35–37 | 48.6 | 2 | ||
| Field Ramp | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 |