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 6 days, 7 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 238–326 | 42.2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 1335 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 44 | 82–76 | 51.9 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Storm | 8 | 5–19 | 20.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 31 | 77–43 | 64.2 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Oops All Spells | 31 | 77–43 | 64.2 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 25 | 26–58 | 31.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Grixis Control | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 31 | 38–72 | 34.5 | |||
| Infect | 16 | 23–32 | 41.8 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 15 | 15–40 | 27.3 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 15 | 15–40 | 27.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 28 | 39–60 | 39.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| The Rock | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 9 | 10–24 | 29.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Post | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 |