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.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 160–148 | 51.9 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1659 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 37 | 103–54 | 65.6 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 36 | 103–53 | 66.0 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 35 | 103–52 | 66.5 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Control | 32 | 28–57 | 32.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 12 | 6–21 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 11 | 6–20 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 12–22 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |