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 7 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 1 | 2091 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Byway Barterer
- Crater Elemental
- Darkblast
- Elvish Lyrist
- Fire-Lit Thicket
- Gnarlroot Trapper
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Irreverent Gremlin
- Linvala, the Preserver
- Muzzio, Visionary Architect
- Mystic Melting
- Niv-Mizzet Reborn
- Parting Thoughts
- Rakdos Augermage
- Reduce // Rubble
- Serra the Benevolent
- Stab
- Stinkweed Imp
- Sundering Titan
- Sundial of the Infinite
- The First Eruption
- Tribal Forcemage