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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 283–129 | 68.7 | 17 | 1877 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 75–29 | 72.1 | 4 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 23 | 69–21 | 76.7 | 4 | ||
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 29 | 95–30 | 76.0 | 6 | ||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 21 | 79–19 | 80.6 | 5 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 21 | 51–19 | 72.9 | 5 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 16 | 45–12 | 78.9 | 5 | ||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 1 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 12 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Vat | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider