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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 66–60 | 52.4 | 1 | 1600 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 34–26 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Living Death | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Excruciator Combo | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Unctus | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 22–20 | 52.4 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Laelia Cascade | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Jund Wight | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 |