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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 278–103 | 73.0 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 2203 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 40 | 177–53 | 77.0 | 12 | 33 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 39 | 173–51 | 77.2 | 12 | 32 | |
| Combo | 24 | 86–41 | 67.7 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 7 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 7 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 11 | 34–18 | 65.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 8 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |