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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 94–97 | 49.2 | 2 | 1570 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 18 | 37–32 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Mill | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 44–42 | 51.2 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Coinflip Tribal | 15 | 22–30 | 42.3 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |