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 5 days, 11 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 1151–826 | 58.2 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 1873 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 51–55 | 48.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 8 | 17–14 | 54.8 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 84 | 215–136 | 61.3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Storm | 56 | 155–91 | 63.0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 32 | 79–59 | 57.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 22 | 74–26 | 74.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Reanimator | 6 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 4 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Biovisionary | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 15 | 42–29 | 59.2 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 177 | 410–270 | 60.3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Demonic Rising | 59 | 155–94 | 62.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Azorius Control | 58 | 122–77 | 61.3 | 3 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 20 | 51–34 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 9 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Sultai Control | 19 | 46–32 | 59.0 | 2 | ||
| Bant Control | 7 | 20–10 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 39–21 | 65.0 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 14 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 10 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 84 | 229–131 | 63.6 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Izzet Tempo | 28 | 65–53 | 55.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 13 | 34–14 | 70.8 | 3 | ||
| Ninjas | 12 | 36–17 | 67.9 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 23 | 73–31 | 70.2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Combo-Control | 17 | 25–35 | 41.7 | |||
| Sunforger | 10 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Midrange | 75 | 148–146 | 50.3 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 21 | 33–46 | 41.8 | |||
| Blink | 20 | 44–39 | 53.0 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 20 | 44–39 | 53.0 | 1 | ||
| Esper Wave | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 18 | 41–37 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 20 | 39–36 | 52.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 32–32 | 50.0 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 2 | ||
| Simic Post | 16 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcanist's Owl
- Banefire
- Blind with Anger
- Caribou Range
- Chronosavant
- Circle of Protection: Red
- Conjurer's Closet
- Crux of Fate
- Dark-Dweller Oracle
- Enchanted Evening
- Exalted Angel
- Fyndhorn Pollen
- Hellraiser Goblin
- Ideas Unbound
- Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
- Midnight Clock
- Mythos of Vadrok
- Ohran Viper
- Old Man of the Sea
- Reprobation
- Rootrunner
- Sarkhan the Masterless
- Sublime Epiphany
- Syr Carah, the Bold
- Terastodon
- Tidespout Tyrant
- Witching Well