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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | 214–133 | 61.7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1748 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 8 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Control | 10 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Stax | 8 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 10 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 26 | 46–30 | 60.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Curses | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Lich's Mastery | 24 | 39–29 | 57.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Midrange | 41 | 104–48 | 68.4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Grenzo | 7 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 31 | 91–37 | 71.1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 31 | 91–37 | 71.1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Ramp | 10 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 1 |