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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 146–155 | 48.5 | 1 | 1694 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 33 | 60–61 | 49.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 17 | 38–29 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 12 | 30–18 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 11–29 | 27.5 | |||
| Mill | 11 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 27 | 60–47 | 56.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Vampires | 15 | 36–24 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 15 | 36–24 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |