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 9 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 62–162 | 27.7 | 5 | 1153 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 14 | 13–30 | 30.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 8 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Control | 20 | 19–54 | 26.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 14 | 18–40 | 31.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 4–23 | 14.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 6 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 16–30 | 34.8 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Clerics | 12 | 15–22 | 40.5 |