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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 41–55 | 42.7 | 1298 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 20–26 | 43.5 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Pirates | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 |
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