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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 98–65 | 60.1 | 1 | 4 | 1683 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 44–30 | 59.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | |||||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | |||||
| Reanimator | 11 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Dragon | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 24–8 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | |||||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |