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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 241–87 | 73.5 | 6 | 23 | 2302 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 83 | 183–61 | 75.0 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| Esper Control | 40 | 106–30 | 77.9 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| Dimir Control | 36 | 70–24 | 74.5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 9 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 2 | ||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 31–11 | 73.8 | 4 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 |