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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 68–75 | 47.6 | 1526 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 20–25 | 44.4 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Vat | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 |