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.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 218–72 | 75.2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2354 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 22 | 56–17 | 76.7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Enchantments Control | 22 | 56–17 | 76.7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 21–5 | 80.8 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 38 | 87–26 | 77.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 32 | 83–22 | 79.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 30 | 79–20 | 79.8 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 4 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 6 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 15 | 36–12 | 75.0 | 4 |