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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 186–107 | 63.5 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 2203 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 92–36 | 71.9 | 5 | 13 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 22 | 79–26 | 75.2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Combo | 36 | 73–61 | 54.5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Storm | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Reanimator | 14 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 14 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Dragon | 14 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 9 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Hermit Gond | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eureka! | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |