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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 125–169 | 42.5 | 1 | 21 | 1567 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 48 | 76–91 | 45.5 | 1 | 15 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 10 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Voltron | 18 | 34–35 | 49.3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Hexproof | 15 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 9–18 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 |
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