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 8 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 309–299 | 50.8 | 10 | 1639 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 60 | 125–110 | 53.2 | 4 | ||
| Storm | 24 | 58–40 | 59.2 | 3 | ||
| High Tide | 23 | 58–39 | 59.8 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 11 | 26–23 | 53.1 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 7 | 19–14 | 57.6 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 11 | 12–21 | 36.4 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 33 | 52–81 | 39.1 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 3 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Sultai Control | 9 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 9 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 23–5 | 82.1 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 19–4 | 82.6 | 3 | ||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 18 | 39–37 | 51.3 | 2 | ||
| Zur's Weirding | 6 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 1 | ||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 11 | 22–20 | 52.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 37–28 | 56.9 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 8 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 |