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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 178–106 | 62.7 | 6 | 1740 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 62–35 | 63.9 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 15 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 1 | ||
| Madness | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Shamans | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 40–14 | 74.1 | 2 | ||
| Burn | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 9 | 15–6 | 71.4 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 8 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 8 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wizards | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 29 | 54–33 | 62.1 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 6 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Big Red | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 7 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Game Objects | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 |