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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 104–101 | 50.7 | 2 | 1601 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 28–9 | 75.7 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 5 | 20–4 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Soldiers | 5 | 20–4 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Madness | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 12–25 | 32.4 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wizards | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Simic Post | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 |