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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 127–219 | 36.7 | 2 | 1261 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 26–39 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 20–35 | 36.4 | |||
| Storm | 10 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 8 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Control | 33 | 34–82 | 29.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 11 | 8–28 | 22.2 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 8 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 34–48 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 15 | 25–32 | 43.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |