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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 156–275 | 36.2 | 3 | 1 | 1206 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 35–73 | 32.4 | |||
| Tokens | 10 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 10 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Werewolves | 17 | 22–41 | 34.9 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 70 | 89–160 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 27 | 45–52 | 46.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 8 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Death Cloud | 17 | 18–40 | 31.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 16 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 1 |