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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 186–211 | 46.9 | 7 | 6 | 1541 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 51–43 | 54.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 8 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Knights | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dice Factory | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Control | 26 | 40–65 | 38.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 14 | 24–37 | 39.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 4 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Prison | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 57–34 | 62.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wizards | 6 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 | ||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 14 | 40–22 | 64.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Midrange | 17 | 24–50 | 32.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| The Rock | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 12 | 24–33 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |