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 1 week, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 119–149 | 44.4 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1451 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 28–24 | 53.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zombies | 7 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 22 | 20–54 | 27.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Izzet Control | 8 | 4–17 | 19.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Runeflare | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 4 | 0–15 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 52–59 | 46.8 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Blink | 15 | 35–30 | 53.8 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 15 | 35–30 | 53.8 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 13 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 |