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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 119–101 | 54.1 | 5 | 3 | 1622 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 28–27 | 50.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Warp World | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 6 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 24–23 | 51.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 10 | 24–23 | 51.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |