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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 79–46 | 63.2 | 5 | 1784 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 14 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 13 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 18 | 41–11 | 78.8 | 4 | ||
| Aristocrats | 15 | 34–9 | 79.1 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 11 | 25–6 | 80.6 | 3 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 |