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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 161–152 | 51.4 | 1 | 4 | 1651 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heroic | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 43 | 95–94 | 50.3 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 7 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 10 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 2 | ||
| Gyruda | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Belcher | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Control | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 |