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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 54–24 | 69.2 | 3 | 1697 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 27–8 | 77.1 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 2 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |