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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | 123–186 | 39.8 | 10 | 1 | 1360 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 54 | 36–48 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 14 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 25 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Affinity | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 22 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 31 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 10 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 5 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 5 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Control | 76 | 34–61 | 35.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 43 | 23–34 | 40.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mill | 11 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 17 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Greasefang | 16 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 16 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Midrange | 12 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| The Rock | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 |