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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 61–72 | 45.9 | 1 | 2 | 1485 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 28–21 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | |||||
| Control | 10 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jund | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |