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.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 250–151 | 62.3 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 1847 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 113–59 | 65.7 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 27 | 91–41 | 68.9 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Affinity | 21 | 66–35 | 65.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 25–6 | 80.6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Combo | 21 | 52–44 | 54.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Storm | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Control | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Five Color Control | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 23–5 | 82.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 23–5 | 82.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 23–5 | 82.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 36–30 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 12 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Card Advantage White | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |