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 13 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 130–197 | 39.8 | 3 | 2 | 1324 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 37 | 54–75 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 7 | 1–17 | 5.6 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 5 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 15 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 15 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 15 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 6 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Control | 37 | 48–79 | 37.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 15 | 18–35 | 34.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 20 | 27–41 | 39.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | |||||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Owling Mine | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Death Cloud | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 |