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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 90–65 | 58.1 | 5 | 4 | 1742 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hexproof | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 20 | 40–26 | 60.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 14 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 27 | 39–26 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 25 | 36–23 | 61.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 25 | 36–23 | 61.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Bind the Monster
- Blossoming Calm
- Chandra, Fire Artisan
- Counterspell
- Curious Obsession
- Delver of Secrets
- Dire Fleet Daredevil
- Dispel
- Flame Blitz
- Flame Sweep
- Frantic Inventory
- Glorybringer
- Growth Spiral
- Heart of Yavimaya
- Jace, Memory Adept
- Lava Coil
- Metamorphic Alteration
- Miscast
- Mystic Gate
- Ponder
- Pongify
- Protean Thaumaturge
- Ratchet Bomb
- Ray of Frost
- Reins of Power
- Runed Halo
- Sweltering Suns
- Temple of Enlightenment
- Thraben Inspector
- Tormod's Crypt
- Wilderness Reclamation