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 6 days, 22 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 151–219 | 40.8 | 1358 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 59–91 | 39.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 10 | 10–35 | 22.2 | |||
| Zombies | 13 | 29–23 | 55.8 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| 8 Whack | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 25–28 | 47.2 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 44–53 | 45.4 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 16 | 39–36 | 52.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 |