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 1 week.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 64–102 | 38.6 | 2 | 2 | 1393 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 32 | 34–63 | 35.1 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 14 | 17–26 | 39.5 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 10 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 |