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 8 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 73–106 | 40.8 | 8 | 1717 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 22–21 | 51.2 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 10–18 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 12 | 13–23 | 36.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 7 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 10 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 10 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 14 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |