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 1 week.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 376–242 | 60.8 | 3 | 13 | 1882 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 54–51 | 51.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Goblins | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 25 | 81–42 | 65.9 | 4 | ||
| Aristocrats | 25 | 81–42 | 65.9 | 4 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 24 | 80–38 | 67.8 | 4 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 23–17 | 57.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Blue Madness | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Temur Madness | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 63 | 198–116 | 63.1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 10 | 32–18 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blink | 10 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 23 | 82–32 | 71.9 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 7–13 | 35.0 |