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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 79–80 | 49.7 | 1 | 2 | 1577 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 37–15 | 71.2 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 12 | 35–13 | 72.9 | 2 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 29–32 | 47.5 | |||
| Storm | 7 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Warp World | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | |||||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 5–18 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |