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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 63–61 | 50.8 | 2 | 1 | 1660 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 32–28 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 6 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Eureka! | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aetherwind Basker
- Arasta of the Endless Web
- Artificer's Assistant
- Atarka, World Render
- Berserkers' Onslaught
- Bone Dragon
- Bone Mask
- Cannibalize
- Dauthi Ghoul
- Dauthi Marauder
- Dauthi Mercenary
- Distorting Wake
- Eat to Extinction
- Essence of the Wild
- Fledgling Djinn
- Grizzled Leotau
- Heartless Hidetsugu
- Hellkite Overlord
- Hunted Nightmare
- Jeskai Ascendancy
- Krosan Grip
- Mardu Heart-Piercer
- Oasis Ritualist
- Oath of Ajani
- Psionic Sliver
- Relentless Raptor
- Serra Aviary
- Shivan Oasis
- Sliver Queen
- Sonorous Howlbonder
- Tentative Connection
- Triumph of Gerrard
- Underworld Cerberus
- Victual Sliver
- Vona's Hunger
- Warcry Phoenix
- World Queller