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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 120–114 | 51.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1853 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Control | 11 | 23–22 | 51.1 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 23 | 39–44 | 47.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Post | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ashnod's Harvester
- Azor, the Lawbringer
- Basilica Bell-Haunt
- Blazing Volley
- Blood-Cursed Knight
- Burrenton Bombardier
- Circuit Mender
- Fresh-Faced Recruit
- Healer's Flock
- Heidar, Rimewind Master
- Howling Galefang
- Illness in the Ranks
- Impeccable Timing
- Imperial Ceratops
- Ironshell Beetle
- King of the Pride
- Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
- Mesa Unicorn
- Nylea's Forerunner
- Nyxborn Rollicker
- Qarsi Deceiver
- Ravenous Baboons
- Rebound
- Rocco, Street Chef
- Shell Shield
- Suture Priest
- Sweep Away
- Talisman of Resilience
- Timberland Guide
- Torpid Moloch
- Veteran Explorer
- Yoked Ox