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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 75–121 | 38.3 | 1381 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Chroma White | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 21–27 | 43.8 | |||
| Storm | 10 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Dark Tide | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 10–31 | 24.4 | |||
| Blink | 9 | 10–26 | 27.8 | |||
| Wave Blink | 7 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 7 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 |