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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 20–69 | 22.5 | 2 | 1238 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 8–22 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 7 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Adam's Ale | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 5–20 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 8 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |