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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 52–97 | 34.9 | 1379 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 17 | 17–36 | 32.1 | |||
| Aristocrats | 17 | 17–36 | 32.1 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Food | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 24–22 | 52.2 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | |||
| Séance | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Avacynian Priest
- Broodhunter Wurm
- Cephalid Vandal
- Constricting Tendrils
- Dawn Evangel
- Dutiful Return
- Edgewalker
- Fangren Marauder
- Favored of Iroas
- Glowing Anemone
- Hampering Snare
- Headstrong Brute
- Indatha Crystal
- Ketria Crystal
- Kor Sky Climber
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Mother Bear
- Mutual Destruction
- Mycosynth Golem
- Oran-Rief Invoker
- Pious Wayfarer
- Quakefoot Cyclops
- Quickchange
- Rain of Revelation
- Reptilian Reflection
- Root Elemental
- Screeching Skaab
- Settle Beyond Reality
- Stonebound Mentor
- Titanic Bulvox
- Whipgrass Entangler
- Zagoth Crystal