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.
-
How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 8 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 204–223 | 47.8 | 2 | 1 | 1540 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 13 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 26 | 18–40 | 31.0 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 14 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |||
| Runeflare | 13 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 16 | 19–31 | 38.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 16 | 19–31 | 38.0 | |||
| Midrange | 39 | 73–71 | 50.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 28 | 55–45 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Coinflips | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Ramp | 24 | 44–42 | 51.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 24 | 44–42 | 51.2 | |||
| Golgari Post | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 22 | 43–35 | 55.1 |