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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 168–307 | 35.4 | 9 | 2 | 1132 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 20–59 | 25.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heroic | 12 | 7–22 | 24.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 12 | 7–22 | 24.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 11 | 5–24 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 10 | 5–23 | 17.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 77 | 87–145 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Burn | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 30 | 18–53 | 25.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Infect | 11 | 4–20 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 43 | 69–85 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 44 | 46–86 | 34.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 30 | 30–59 | 33.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 13 | 15–26 | 36.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 7 | 8–15 | 34.8 |