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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 107–123 | 46.5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1774 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 45–39 | 53.6 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 8 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 15 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 8 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 24 | 21–27 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 10 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 10 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Midrange | 42 | 21–36 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 22 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 12 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 11 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 |