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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 97–57 | 63.0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1773 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 9 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Chroma White | 9 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 45–15 | 75.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 9 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Control | 16 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 6 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 8 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ancestral Tribute
- Arrows of Justice
- Darksteel Ingot
- Dawn Elemental
- Diligent Excavator
- Ego Erasure
- Ghost-Lit Stalker
- Graveyard Shovel
- Guildmages' Forum
- Hackrobat
- Hystrodon
- Integrity // Intervention
- Kher Keep
- Lesser Masticore
- Myr Matrix
- Rakdos Riteknife
- Relic Barrier
- Rune Snag
- Scorching Lava
- Seedtime
- Shining Shoal
- Sinister Sabotage
- Sphinx's Decree
- Tribute Mage
- Vengeful Pharaoh
- Wolf of Devil's Breach