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.
-
How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | 269–205 | 56.8 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 1550 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 46 | 133–84 | 61.3 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 25 | 73–49 | 59.8 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Goblins | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Chroma White | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 13 | 38–17 | 69.1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 38–17 | 69.1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Combo | 12 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Breakfast | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Breakfast | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 7 | 8–24 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 13 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 11 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 63–50 | 55.8 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Jund | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Jund | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 16 | 41–30 | 57.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Aether Hub
- Blazing Shoal
- Boartusk Liege
- Bonesplitter
- Burning Inquiry
- Cleric of Life's Bond
- Conjurer's Bauble
- Dauthi Slayer
- Elite Headhunter
- Fiend Hunter
- Ghoulish Procession
- Howling Mine
- Ill-Gotten Inheritance
- Lord of the Undead
- Mana Leak
- Marauding Blight-Priest
- Mind Carver
- Olivia Voldaren
- Pilfering Imp
- Rushblade Commander
- Siege Rhino
- Soaring Thought-Thief
- Soltari Lancer
- Talisman of Conviction
- Talisman of Creativity
- Talisman of Curiosity
- Vampire of the Dire Moon
- Vampire Sovereign
- Vicious Rumors
- Victim of Night
- Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
- Zulaport Duelist
- Zurgo Bellstriker