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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 171–120 | 58.8 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1716 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 32 | 64–51 | 55.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 11 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ponza | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 13 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 40–20 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 27–7 | 79.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wave Blink | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |