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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 311–288 | 51.9 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1758 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 41–32 | 56.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Elves | 17 | 41–27 | 60.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 79 | 148–142 | 51.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 38 | 66–69 | 48.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 12 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 36 | 62–68 | 47.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Infect | 35 | 61–66 | 48.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 35 | 61–66 | 48.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 53–26 | 67.1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Solar Flare | 20 | 53–26 | 67.1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |