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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 126–228 | 35.6 | 1 | 1287 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 7–34 | 17.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 3 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Control | 14 | 7–38 | 15.6 | |||
| Esper Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 3–19 | 13.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 3–19 | 13.6 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 44–31 | 58.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 16 | 43–29 | 59.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 17 | 24–42 | 36.4 | |||
| Sunforger | 16 | 24–39 | 38.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 32 | 36–67 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 19 | 24–46 | 34.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Séance | 17 | 21–42 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |