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 2 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 111–142 | 43.9 | 8 | 3 | 1298 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 37 | 58–69 | 45.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Goblins | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Allies | 8 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Bilbo's Ring
- Bonecache Overseer
- Bootleggers' Stash
- Breakthrough
- Drown in Ichor
- Elvish Doomsayer
- Lifecreed Duo
- Lighthouse Chronologist
- Mech Hangar
- Mobilizer Mech
- Prodigy's Prototype
- Raven of Fell Omens
- Reckless Crew
- Rielle, the Everwise
- Rubblebelt Maverick
- Shadow-Rite Priest
- Snarling Gorehound
- Taurean Mauler
- Tempest Hart
- Thirsting Roots
- Time of Heroes
- Tinybones Joins Up
- Torrent Elemental
- Unnatural Restoration
- Voldaren Estate
- Waterlogged Hulk
- Writhing Necromass