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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 61–85 | 41.8 | 1297 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 23–36 | 39.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aladdin
- Ali from Cairo
- Bogardan Dragonheart
- Brash Taunter
- Chisei, Heart of Oceans
- Countersquall
- Dogged Hunter
- Duskfang Mentor
- Field Trip
- Flood of Tears
- Golem Artisan
- Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
- Hell's Caretaker
- Hoard Robber
- Iroas's Blessing
- Kaervek, the Spiteful
- Lesser Gargadon
- Lightning Greaves
- Márton Stromgald
- Nimbus Naiad
- Orcish Cannonade
- Root Greevil
- Rune of Mortality
- Samite Archer
- Sheltered Thicket
- Sorrow's Path
- Swan Song
- Sword of the Paruns
- Tattoo Ward
- Thassa's Intervention
- Tree of Redemption
- Umori, the Collector
- Waking the Trolls
- Wizard Mentor