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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 99–101 | 49.5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1627 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 24 | 35–40 | 46.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 8 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Affinity | 8 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 19 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 9 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | |||||
| Displace Loop | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Energy | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Basri's Solidarity
- Briar Shield
- Deeproot Elite
- Doomskar Titan
- Dragon Fangs
- Elvish Archdruid
- Fraying Sanity
- Genesis Wave
- Kird Ape
- Leap
- Odious Trow
- Order of the Ebon Hand
- Phalanx Tactics
- Ring of Renewal
- River Boa
- Sigil of Sleep
- Silverquill Silencer
- Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
- Suppression Field
- Talara's Bane
- Ward of Lights