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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 191–84 | 69.5 | 2 | 6 | 1963 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 43–20 | 68.3 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 45–16 | 73.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 10 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 10 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 69–33 | 67.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Death Cloud | 11 | 38–21 | 64.4 | 1 |