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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 187–182 | 50.7 | 5 | 1604 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 55–54 | 50.5 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | |||||
| Burn | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 57 | 111–106 | 51.2 | 4 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 8 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |||
| White Jund | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 11 | 31–19 | 62.0 | 1 | ||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 14 | 20–26 | 43.5 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 12 | 16–24 | 40.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |