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 5 days, 1 hour.
Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 229–134 | 63.1 | 2 | 11 | 1899 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 42 | 112–56 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 7 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 18 | 50–18 | 73.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Pummeler | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Simic Flash | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 44–18 | 71.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| The Rock | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Allies | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |