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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 89–93 | 48.9 | 6 | 2 | 1515 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 65–58 | 52.8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokens | 10 | 31–17 | 64.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 7 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 9 | 18–23 | 43.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Madness | 7 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Temur Madness | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 |