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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 95–78 | 54.9 | 4 | 1629 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Control | 7 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 1 | ||
| Curses | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Martyr's Grace | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |