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 11 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 155–173 | 47.3 | 1 | 5 | 1599 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 36 | 51–56 | 47.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 11 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 7 | 20–8 | 71.4 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Actual Twin | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Twin | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 17 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 17 | 33–32 | 50.8 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 15 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 |