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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 27–35 | 43.5 | 7 | 1660 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 11 | 16–20 | 44.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Abundant Growth
- Beanstalk Wurm
- Black Sun's Zenith
- Blood Reckoning
- Bright Reprisal
- Clearwater Goblet
- Coral Eel
- Farseek
- Fire Diamond
- Gadwick, the Wizened
- Into the Story
- Invincible Hymn
- Koth, Fire of Resistance
- Languish
- Long-Term Plans
- Meishin, the Mind Cage
- Migration Path
- Moldervine Reclamation
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Nissa Revane
- Praetor's Grasp
- Protection of the Hekma
- Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
- Skull Prophet
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
- The Cruelty of Gix
- Vivien Reid