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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 84–79 | 51.5 | 9 | 2 | 1609 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 10 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 27–25 | 51.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 17 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Hero | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 2 |