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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 121–97 | 55.5 | 4 | 1632 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 44 | 105–59 | 64.0 | 4 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Goblins | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 14 | 44–19 | 69.8 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 14 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | |||||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |