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. -
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 14 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 267–133 | 66.8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2196 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 72 | 229–106 | 68.4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Esper Control | 55 | 180–78 | 69.8 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 19–18 | 51.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Esper Hero | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 |