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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 139–210 | 39.8 | 1 | 1 | 1276 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 63–91 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Slivers | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 6 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Song Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 7–21 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 48–46 | 51.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 13 | 34–31 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Pummeler | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
| Wizards | 5 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Annex Sentry
- Artistic Refusal
- Audacity
- Battle of Frost and Fire
- Bladed Ambassador
- Bladehold War-Whip
- Body Dropper
- Bouncer's Beatdown
- Calamity Bearer
- Churning Reservoir
- Cinderslash Ravager
- Clay Revenant
- Dark Supplicant
- Defiler of Dreams
- Deliberate
- Era of Enlightenment
- Favor of Jukai
- Fell Stinger
- Fly
- Geistlight Snare
- Goma Fada Vanguard
- Halo Hopper
- Hexgold Halberd
- High-Speed Hoverbike
- Hungry for More
- Invasion of Eldraine
- Invasion of the Giants
- Kargan Warleader
- Keen-Eared Sentry
- Kessig Flamebreather
- Lantern Bearer
- Lord of the Void
- Lorehold Command
- Lullmage's Domination
- Magmatic Sprinter
- Markov Retribution
- Memory Theft
- Mystic Repeal
- Parasitic Grasp
- Phyrexian Awakening
- Priest of Ancient Lore
- Ray of Enfeeblement
- Relic Axe
- Risona, Asari Commander
- Saw It Coming
- Scale the Heights
- Scion of Darkness
- Scion of Opulence
- Search Party Captain
- Spare Supplies
- Squash
- Stormchaser Drake
- Student of Elements
- Tablet of Compleation
- The Scorpion God
- Thundering Rebuke
- Tide Skimmer
- Tomakul Honor Guard
- Urabrask's Anointer
- Urabrask's Forge
- Vampire Socialite
- Venser, Corpse Puppet
- Wash Away
- Worst Fears
- Xerex Strobe-Knight
- Zephyr Singer