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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 1561 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Aeromunculus
- Armament of Nyx
- Bloodhaze Wolverine
- Exotic Pets
- Foundry Screecher
- Giant's Skewer
- Gnarled Effigy
- Knightly Valor
- Lassoed by the Law
- Reaper's Talisman
- Reinforcements
- Serra's Embrace
- Shinechaser
- Spellbane Centaur
- Spike Breeder
- Surgical Suite // Hospital Room
- Utvara Hellkite
- Void Maw
- Whispersteel Dagger
- Zealous Strike
- Zephid's Embrace
Cards Played First
- Acquisition Octopus
- Aeromunculus
- Armament of Nyx
- Avacyn's Collar
- Axebane Ferox
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- Bloodhaze Wolverine
- Braingeyser
- Canyon Crab
- Cemetery Illuminator
- Chief Engineer
- Clattering Augur
- Coati Scavenger
- Commanding Presence
- Conclave Cavalier
- Conclave Guildmage
- Conquering Manticore
- Covert Technician
- Cranial Ram
- Creeping Chill
- Deathmist Raptor
- Deeproot Wayfinder
- Detention Sphere
- Discerning Taste
- Dolmen Gate
- Dreamshackle Geist
- Edgar, Charmed Groom
- Elspeth's Nightmare
- Ensoul Artifact
- Estrid's Invocation
- Exotic Pets
- Eye of Vecna
- Fanatical Offering
- Fear of Abduction
- Foundry Screecher
- Garruk's Uprising
- Geistwave
- Geralf's Masterpiece
- Geralf's Messenger
- Giant's Skewer
- Gisa and Geralf
- Glissa, the Traitor
- Glorious Protector
- Gnarled Effigy
- Goddric, Cloaked Reveler
- Hagra Mauling
- Harsh Mercy
- Headless Rider
- Honest Rutstein
- Hungering Hydra
- Invigorating Hot Spring
- Invoke the Divine
- Ionize
- Izzet Boilerworks
- Jace, the Living Guildpact
- Kaervek, the Punisher
- Kami's Flare
- Knightly Valor
- Kodama's Might
- Lagonna-Band Storyteller
- Lassoed by the Law
- Lovestruck Beast
- Manifold Key
- Merchant of the Vale
- Mesmerizing Benthid
- Mire's Grasp
- Mischievous Chimera
- Mulldrifter
- Network Disruptor
- Nezumi Shortfang
- Nissa, Vital Force
- Nullhide Ferox
- Orazca Puzzle-Door
- Parhelion II
- Primal Empathy
- Proper Burial
- Prosperous Thief
- Push // Pull
- Quiet Disrepair
- Rain of Salt
- Razorlash Transmogrant
- Reaper's Talisman
- Regenesis
- Reinforcements
- Relentless Pursuit
- Resurgent Belief
- Reveillark
- Rhythm of the Wild
- Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
- Runes of the Deus
- Ruthless Invasion
- Safehold Elite
- Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
- Scorn-Blade Berserker
- Sea Gate Oracle
- Serra's Embrace
- Sharktocrab
- Shinechaser
- Sigiled Sword of Valeron
- Simian Simulacrum
- Simic Ascendancy
- Solitary Confinement
- Spark Reaper
- Spellbane Centaur
- Spellbook Vendor
- Spike Breeder
- Steel Seraph
- Stolen by the Fae
- Sumala Woodshaper
- Surgical Suite // Hospital Room
- Teysa, Orzhov Scion
- Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
- Thatcher Revolt
- The Binding of the Titans
- Thirst for Meaning
- Toluz, Clever Conductor
- Topiary Panther
- Trumpeting Herd
- Upriser Renegade
- Urza's Incubator
- Utvara Hellkite
- Valiant Veteran
- Venser, Shaper Savant
- Vernadi Shieldmate
- Void Maw
- Wakeroot Elemental
- Whispersteel Dagger
- Wildfire Wickerfolk
- Wojek Bodyguard
- Zealous Strike
- Zephid's Embrace