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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 86–82 | 51.2 | 1 | 1464 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 24–23 | 51.1 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 22–24 | 47.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | |||||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | |||||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 |