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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 38–60 | 38.8 | 1604 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Battlefly Swarm
- Bladegraft Aspirant
- Bloated Contaminator
- Boots of Speed
- Choking Miasma
- Cooped Up
- Darkest Hour
- Deconstruction Hammer
- Excavated Wall
- Glistening Dawn
- Goblin Rabblemaster
- Hard-Hitting Question
- Jet Medallion
- Knight of Dusk's Shadow
- Nettle Guard
- Oxidda Finisher
- Planar Disruption
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
- Thought-Stalker Warlock
- Thran Spider