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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 117–158 | 42.5 | 1 | 1421 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 22–35 | 38.6 | |||
| Storm | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Control | 15 | 20–31 | 39.2 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 9 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 43–53 | 44.8 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 14 | 30–32 | 48.4 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 |