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 8 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 396–202 | 66.2 | 3 | 20 | 2095 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 59 | 191–68 | 73.7 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Red Deck Wins | 42 | 142–44 | 76.3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 15 | 45–18 | 71.4 | 4 | ||
| Combo | 15 | 38–19 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Dark Tide | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 8 | 24–9 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 8 | 24–9 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Dredge | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Control | 54 | 125–85 | 59.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 46 | 116–67 | 63.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |