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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 78–228 | 25.5 | 2 | 1119 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 24 | 26–77 | 25.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 9 | 7–28 | 20.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 23 | 14–68 | 17.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mill | 5 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Ponza | 9 | 7–35 | 16.7 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 8–29 | 21.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 5 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |