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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | 318–179 | 64.0 | 12 | 1884 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 49–28 | 63.6 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 11 | 39–16 | 70.9 | 2 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 11 | 39–16 | 70.9 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 81 | 231–103 | 69.2 | 10 | ||
| Aristocrats | 81 | 231–103 | 69.2 | 10 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 70 | 211–88 | 70.6 | 10 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Pickles | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 19–19 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Acid Trip | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| White Jund | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Elementals | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider