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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 250–197 | 55.9 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1962 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 60 | 166–105 | 61.3 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 23 | 77–36 | 68.1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 11 | 34–17 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 30–43 | 41.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 11 | 24–28 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oops All Lands | 5 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 46–41 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Allies | 8 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mardu Allies | 8 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 9 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Acclaimed Contender
- Alpine Houndmaster
- Alpine Watchdog
- Alseid of Life's Bounty
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge
- Ancestral Anger
- Ancient Stirrings
- Apex of Power
- Bala Ged Recovery
- Barbed Batterfist
- Bloody Betrayal
- Bolt Hound
- Burning Hands
- Burning-Tree Emissary
- Caravan Escort
- Cauldron Familiar
- Chittering Rats
- Chromatic Star
- Cinderclasm
- Claim the Firstborn
- Colossal Plow
- Curse of the Pierced Heart
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- Daybreak Chimera
- Deflecting Palm
- End the Festivities
- Endbringer
- Everlasting Torment
- Expedition Map
- Exquisite Firecraft
- Fervent Champion
- Field of Ruin
- Firebolt
- Flamescroll Celebrant
- Flicker of Fate
- Frog Tongue
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Gavony Dawnguard
- Giant Ox
- Gingerbread Cabin
- Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer
- Goblin Bombardment
- Hazoret the Fervent
- Hope of Ghirapur
- Igneous Cur
- Karametra's Blessing
- Kumano Faces Kakkazan
- Leyline of Punishment
- Lingering Tormentor
- Lithomantic Barrage
- Marauding Raptor
- Migratory Greathorn
- Mogg Fanatic
- Molten Rain
- Nyx Herald
- Outland Liberator
- Overwhelmed Apprentice
- Pack's Betrayal
- Pharika's Libation
- Phoenix Chick
- Phyrexian Battleflies
- Piper of the Swarm
- Quartzwood Crasher
- Reclamation Sage
- Reinforced Ronin
- Rimrock Knight
- Rosethorn Halberd
- Samut's Sprint
- Sarulf's Packmate
- Sephara, Sky's Blade
- Shaile, Dean of Radiance
- Shared Summons
- Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
- Sovereign's Bite
- Syr Faren, the Hengehammer
- The Triumph of Anax
- Throne of Makindi
- Tooth and Nail
- Torch Song
- Trapped in the Tower
- Underworld Fires
- Underworld Rage-Hound
- Venerable Knight
- Viashino Pyromancer
- Wight
- Wildwood Tracker
- Witch's Oven
- Woodland Champion
- Worthy Knight
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster