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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212 | 285–251 | 53.2 | 7 | 12 | 1587 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 14–21 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 13 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 42–21 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 24 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 24 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control | 146 | 207–171 | 54.8 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Dimir Control | 48 | 85–54 | 61.2 | 6 | ||
| Stax | 98 | 122–117 | 51.0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Birthday Stax | 91 | 119–109 | 52.2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
| Burn | 16 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 |