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 6 days, 13 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 90–159 | 36.1 | 2 | 1393 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 35 | 35–90 | 28.0 | |||
| Storm | 11 | 18–27 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 6 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 8 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 8 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 9 | 9–24 | 27.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Endless Belch | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 24–26 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 8 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Hero | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |