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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 99–121 | 45.0 | 9 | 1567 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 47–58 | 44.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Infect | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Midrange | 28 | 40–51 | 44.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 30–35 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 17 | 30–34 | 46.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Death Cloud | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Blizzard Strix
- Cliffhaven Kitesail
- Drawn from Dreams
- Eidolon of Obstruction
- Foundry Helix
- Goblin Cohort
- Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
- Hyrax Tower Scout
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One
- Monstrous Rage
- Return Triumphant
- Scavenged Blade
- Svella, Ice Shaper
- Tempered in Solitude
- Trove Warden
- Ulvenwald Bear
- Varis, Silverymoon Ranger
- Zo-Zu the Punisher