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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | 388–546 | 41.5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1640 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 43 | 77–113 | 40.5 | |||
| Goblins | 11 | 13–38 | 25.5 | |||
| Elves | 32 | 64–75 | 46.0 | |||
| Combo | 59 | 90–132 | 40.5 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 19 | 21–54 | 28.0 | 1 | ||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 19 | 21–54 | 28.0 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 14 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 14 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Dice Factory | 17 | 26–39 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
| Restore Balance | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Control | 27 | 35–74 | 32.1 | |||
| Mill | 18 | 19–54 | 26.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 61 | 126–130 | 49.2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 36 | 100–59 | 62.9 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 14 | 15–42 | 26.3 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 50–78 | 39.1 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 15 | 29–35 | 45.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |