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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 118–161 | 42.3 | 1 | 1433 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 18–40 | 31.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 23–30 | 43.4 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 8 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Infect | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 21 | 42–46 | 47.7 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 19 | 40–41 | 49.4 | |||
| Wildfire | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 14 | 35–30 | 53.8 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 14 | 35–30 | 53.8 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 |