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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 51–87 | 37.0 | 1 | 15 | 1383 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 14–28 | 33.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Control | 2 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 15 | 10–23 | 30.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blink | 7 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 7 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 7 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |