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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245 | 357–480 | 42.7 | 3 | 5 | 1419 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Combo | 57 | 76–116 | 39.6 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Eye of the Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Dice Factory | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 24 | 47–40 | 54.0 | 2 | ||
| Control | 140 | 228–267 | 46.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 58 | 116–112 | 50.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 14 | 35–28 | 55.6 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 42 | 81–78 | 50.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ponza | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 55 | 85–104 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ramp | 22 | 33–49 | 40.2 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 18 | 27–40 | 40.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 12 | 17–27 | 38.6 |