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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | 321–159 | 66.9 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2196 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Control | 63 | 185–81 | 69.5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Esper Control | 56 | 176–72 | 71.0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Cawblade | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 12 | 33–22 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 12 | 33–22 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 39–14 | 73.6 | 2 | ||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 8 | 25–11 | 69.4 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 12 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 7 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Esper Hero | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 |