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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 112–117 | 48.9 | 2 | 1545 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 23–16 | 59.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Jund | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Ramp | 29 | 53–50 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 27 | 49–47 | 51.0 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 26 | 49–45 | 52.1 | 1 | ||
| Simic Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |