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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 192–240 | 44.4 | 2 | 1459 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 42 | 86–76 | 53.1 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 20–21 | 48.8 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| 8 Whack | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 24–15 | 61.5 | |||
| Affinity | 9 | 24–14 | 63.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 10 | 26–16 | 61.9 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| GreenTwin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 8–36 | 18.2 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 9 | 7–25 | 21.9 | |||
| Cawblade | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 34–48 | 41.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 13 | 28–25 | 52.8 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 39–43 | 47.6 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 8 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |