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 1 week, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 212–94 | 69.3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 2085 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Pirates | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Warp World | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 33 | 66–31 | 68.0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Esper Control | 6 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 26 | 55–25 | 68.8 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 39–12 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Aristocrats | 15 | 39–12 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 15 | 39–12 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 9 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 8 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 57–24 | 70.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Blink | 15 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Orzhov Blink | 15 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 |