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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 27–113 | 19.3 | 964 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 2–16 | 11.1 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 9–35 | 20.5 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 6–22 | 21.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 3–24 | 11.1 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aether Tide
- Ana Disciple
- Anavolver
- Armageddon Clock
- Artisan's Sorrow
- Aurochs
- Battlefield Forge
- Biomantic Mastery
- Bull Aurochs
- Bulwark
- Carrionette
- Cleansing Nova
- Cram Session
- Cylian Sunsinger
- Dega Disciple
- Degavolver
- Dirtcowl Wurm
- Droning Bureaucrats
- Duergar Mine-Captain
- Elemental Resonance
- Faith Healer
- Fire Juggler
- Freyalise's Winds
- Gargadon
- Greater Gargadon
- Grinning Demon
- Helix Pinnacle
- Kari Zev's Expertise
- Leech Bonder
- Lurking Jackals
- Master of Death
- Mindmoil
- Multiple Choice
- Nath's Elite
- Nighthaze
- Phantasmal Form
- Prismatic Omen
- Rebellion of the Flamekin
- Release the Ants
- Restore Balance
- Rimehorn Aurochs
- Savage Thallid
- Scrambleverse
- Secret Door
- Spiny Starfish
- Sylvan Echoes
- Tibalt's Trickery
- Tunneler Wurm
- Wheel of Fate
- Wooded Bastion
- Yavimaya's Embrace