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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 125–71 | 63.8 | 8 | 2036 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| 8 Whack | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 50–20 | 71.4 | 5 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 18 | 48–16 | 75.0 | 5 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 15 | 42–11 | 79.2 | 5 | ||
| Control | 10 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 10 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Esper Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Avalanche Caller
- Deduce
- Demon Bolt
- Epic Experiment
- Fauna Shaman
- Flame-Blessed Bolt
- Illustrious Historian
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- Moderation
- Nested Shambler
- Picnic Ruiner
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- Scorn Effigy
- Silver Drake
- Sunrise Cavalier
- Vampires' Vengeance
- Veteran Brawlers
- You Find the Villains' Lair