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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 112–71 | 61.2 | 3 | 3 | 2175 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 29–17 | 63.0 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Belcher | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Prison | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Thopter-Sword | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 |