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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | 237–461 | 34.0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1132 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 145 | 148–278 | 34.7 | 1 | 26 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 38 | 61–68 | 47.3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Goblins | 37 | 31–66 | 32.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 54 | 40–117 | 25.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Affinity | 51 | 39–110 | 26.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 68 | 56–147 | 27.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 18 | 8–32 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 32 | 34–77 | 30.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Hushnought | 18 | 14–38 | 26.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 18 | 20–36 | 35.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 14 | 16–28 | 36.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 |