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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 105–135 | 43.8 | 1 | 1513 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 12–28 | 30.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 31 | 46–49 | 48.4 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 11 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 18 | 30–29 | 50.8 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 18 | 30–29 | 50.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 26 | 37–41 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 21 | 22–35 | 38.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 |