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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339 | 504–558 | 47.5 | 5 | 1558 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 13 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 35 | 64–57 | 52.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 21 | 44–38 | 53.7 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 11 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 102 | 162–171 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 46 | 84–82 | 50.6 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 52 | 72–82 | 46.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 45 | 70–59 | 54.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 45 | 70–59 | 54.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 45 | 70–59 | 54.3 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 15 | 27–23 | 54.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 26 | 40–31 | 56.3 | |||
| Midrange | 143 | 172–241 | 41.6 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 26 | 31–37 | 45.6 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jund | 76 | 109–141 | 43.6 | 2 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 13 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 12 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
| Neoform | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Esper Hero | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 |