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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | 478–161 | 74.8 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 2307 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 94 | 245–71 | 77.5 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Azorius Control | 83 | 225–59 | 79.2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Enchantments Control | 11 | 20–12 | 62.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 32–11 | 74.4 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 14 | 29–10 | 74.4 | 3 | ||
| Combo-Control | 69 | 150–53 | 73.9 | 13 | ||
| Mindcrank | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 64 | 142–49 | 74.3 | 13 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 64 | 142–49 | 74.3 | 13 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 31 | 73–20 | 78.5 | 7 | ||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 29 | 66–23 | 74.2 | 6 | ||
| Midrange | 23 | 36–15 | 70.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 20–3 | 87.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 13 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 10 | 9–5 | 64.3 |