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.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 149–137 | 52.1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1626 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 34 | 48–59 | 44.9 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Heroic | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combo | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 27 | 60–39 | 60.6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Burn | 23 | 51–32 | 61.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 29–13 | 69.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 9 | 25–9 | 73.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 9 | 25–9 | 73.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |