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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 71–107 | 39.9 | 4 | 1 | 1457 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 32 | 59–60 | 49.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Breakfast | 18 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oops All Spells | 10 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |