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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 236–151 | 61.0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1849 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 79–59 | 57.2 | 3 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 14–2 | 87.5 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Madness | 9 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Madness | 9 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 34 | 69–36 | 65.7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Azorius Control | 23 | 47–22 | 68.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Grixis Control | 11 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 2 | ||
| Cruel Control | 11 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 43–20 | 68.3 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 11 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 13 | 35–25 | 58.3 | 3 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 13 | 35–25 | 58.3 | 3 | ||
| Greenpost | 9 | 27–15 | 64.3 | 3 |