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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 157–84 | 65.1 | 9 | 2008 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 76–20 | 79.2 | 8 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 31–4 | 88.6 | 4 | ||
| Goblins | 7 | 23–7 | 76.7 | 3 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 22–9 | 71.0 | 1 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 22 | 52–43 | 54.7 | |||
| Storm | 17 | 46–31 | 59.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |