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 1 week, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 244–238 | 50.6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1614 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 93 | 200–171 | 53.9 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Warp World | 49 | 124–80 | 60.8 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Temur Glimpse | 48 | 123–78 | 61.2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 12 | 30–13 | 69.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Possibility Storm | 7 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 |