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.
-
How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | 429–567 | 43.1 | 8 | 1438 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 113 | 197–202 | 49.4 | 7 | ||
| White Weenie | 37 | 52–85 | 38.0 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 37 | 52–85 | 38.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 70 | 141–105 | 57.3 | 6 | ||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 59 | 128–84 | 60.4 | 6 | ||
| Mono Blue Architect | 10 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 29–25 | 53.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 13 | 25–19 | 56.8 | |||
| Control | 59 | 62–150 | 29.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 46 | 48–118 | 28.9 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 40 | 42–101 | 29.4 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Pox | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 43 | 77–72 | 51.7 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 33 | 50–59 | 45.9 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 17 | 26–26 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 12 | 15–27 | 35.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Spirits | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Spirits | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 27–58 | 31.8 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blink | 13 | 17–34 | 33.3 | |||
| Wave Blink | 7 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Bant Wave | 4 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ramp | 16 | 21–33 | 38.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Gruul Post | 10 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 |