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, 1 hour.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 139–178 | 43.8 | 2 | 4 | 1449 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 40 | 94–88 | 51.6 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Kithkin | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Zombies | 7 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 2 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 19–45 | 29.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pollute the Planet | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |