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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 156–106 | 59.5 | 11 | 1724 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 45–18 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 45–18 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 15 | 45–18 | 71.4 | 3 | ||
| Combo | 17 | 21–36 | 36.8 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Belcher | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 20 | 51–25 | 67.1 | 5 | ||
| Infect | 15 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 3 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 15 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 3 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 2 | ||
| The Rock | 10 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Allies | 3 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Allies | 3 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 |