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 12 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 198–241 | 45.1 | 4 | 1627 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 36–24 | 60.0 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 10 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 10 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Control | 32 | 47–71 | 39.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 21 | 35–40 | 46.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 6 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 48 | 89–68 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 46 | 86–65 | 57.0 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 9–32 | 22.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 10 | 9–31 | 22.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 |