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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 77–106 | 42.1 | 1 | 1409 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 14 | 29–25 | 53.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 3–15 | 16.7 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 30–39 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Esper Wave | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mutate | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |