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 9 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 129–104 | 55.4 | 1 | 5 | 1636 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 2 | ||
| Wildfire | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 19 | 38–39 | 49.4 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 10 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 |