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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 107–128 | 45.5 | 2 | 2 | 1551 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 7 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokens | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 20 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 12 | 17–31 | 35.4 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 |