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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 172–149 | 53.6 | 11 | 5 | 1611 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 61–34 | 64.2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 8 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Elves | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 15–3 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shamans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 52–46 | 53.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Warp World | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ominous Good | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 24–23 | 51.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |