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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 85–113 | 42.9 | 1 | 1474 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pirates | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 25–23 | 52.1 | |||
| Warp World | 10 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 10 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Polymorph | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 27–32 | 45.8 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Nissa Company | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Jund Wight | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |