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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 75–71 | 51.4 | 1 | 3 | 1569 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 15–3 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 15 | 22–26 | 45.8 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Cat Wave | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 1 | |||||
| Eggs | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 17–20 | 45.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Galleon Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 |