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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 113–81 | 58.2 | 1 | 3 | 1771 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 40–26 | 60.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 7 | 22–9 | 71.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 |