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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 348–210 | 62.4 | 21 | 81 | 1920 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Combo | 7 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Control | 8 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 35–14 | 71.4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Aristocrats | 9 | 35–14 | 71.4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 7 | 30–9 | 76.9 | 3 | 7 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 34 | 97–63 | 60.6 | 6 | 21 | |
| Blink | 32 | 95–58 | 62.1 | 6 | 20 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 47 | 150–79 | 65.5 | 9 | 42 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 47 | 150–79 | 65.5 | 9 | 42 | |
| Channel-Rofellos | 47 | 150–79 | 65.5 | 9 | 42 |