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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 177–121 | 59.4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1797 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 2 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 25 | 48–40 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 10 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 20 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 10 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 5 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 36 | 83–43 | 65.9 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 23 | 58–27 | 68.2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Martyr's Grace | 23 | 58–27 | 68.2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Capenna | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |