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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 129–115 | 52.9 | 16 | 1558 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 27–23 | 54.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 11 | 18–9 | 66.7 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 11 | 18–9 | 66.7 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 49 | 80–70 | 53.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Hive Mind | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 45 | 80–65 | 55.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wildfire | 45 | 80–65 | 55.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 43 | 78–63 | 55.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Midrange | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Angrath, the Flame-Chained
- Archangel of Wrath
- Basilisk Collar
- Bloodbraid Marauder
- Champion of the Parish
- Curse of Shaken Faith
- Dorothea, Vengeful Victim
- First Day of Class
- Glacial Crevasses
- Illuminate History
- Immersturm Skullcairn
- Magmatic Channeler
- March of Wretched Sorrow
- Mathas, Fiend Seeker
- Nissa, Vastwood Seer
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Phyrexian Missionary
- Poet's Quill
- Predatory Sliver
- Sinew Sliver
- Sliver Legion
- Soul of Emancipation
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Thundermaw Hellkite