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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 115–95 | 54.8 | 3 | 1626 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 16 | 37–28 | 56.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 8 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 52–41 | 55.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blink | 9 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wave Blink | 9 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Hero | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |