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 11 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 88–128 | 40.7 | 1388 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 30–34 | 46.9 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 10–25 | 28.6 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Control | 13 | 22–32 | 40.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 17–22 | 43.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Temurpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 |