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 12 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 119–88 | 57.5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1678 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 27–8 | 77.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 8 | 27–8 | 77.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono White Humans | 8 | 27–8 | 77.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Combo | 12 | 32–21 | 60.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Storm | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Living Death | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Control | 17 | 37–34 | 52.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 1 | ||
| Wizards | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 |