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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 81–74 | 52.3 | 3 | 1740 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 17–24 | 41.5 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 12 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Madness | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Chain of Acid | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Control | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 36–24 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Jund | 8 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Blink | 14 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 2 | ||
| Wave Blink | 14 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Wave | 8 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 6 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 |