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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 190–157 | 54.8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1698 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 54–33 | 62.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 21 | 48–31 | 60.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Enduring Ideal | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 4 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 | ||
| Control | 20 | 45–37 | 54.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | |||
| Prison | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 9–8 | 52.9 |