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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 110–73 | 60.1 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2094 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 41–22 | 65.1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Storm | 13 | 27–14 | 65.9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dark Tide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 7 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dirty Kitty | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Vampires | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Capenna | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Archfiend of the Dross
- Aria of Flame
- As Foretold
- Backdraft Hellkite
- Beast Whisperer
- Big Score
- Containment Construct
- Deathcap Marionette
- Defiler of Instinct
- Dig Up
- Disruption Protocol
- Domri, Chaos Bringer
- Dragonlord Atarka
- Drogskol Infantry
- Ego Drain
- Eladamri, Korvecdal
- Eladamri's Call
- Electrodominance
- Elven Chorus
- Errant and Giada
- Eruth, Tormented Prophet
- Feral Encounter
- Flare of Cultivation
- Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
- Gloomshrieker
- Gyruda, Doom of Depths
- Historian's Wisdom
- Insidious Fungus
- Instrument of the Bards
- Invasion of Ergamon
- Invoke Calamity
- Karumonix, the Rat King
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw
- March of Burgeoning Life
- March of Reckless Joy
- Mystic Forge
- Phyrexian Processor
- Primal Surge
- Radagast the Brown
- Raffine's Informant
- Reforge the Soul
- Resilient Roadrunner
- Return the Favor
- Rite of Harmony
- Sakashima the Impostor
- Sarkhan Unbroken
- Scrapshooter
- Shadow of Mortality
- Shaman's Trance
- Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
- Spring-Leaf Avenger
- Surrak and Goreclaw
- Terror of Mount Velus
- The Huntsman's Redemption
- The Modern Age
- The Stasis Coffin
- Threats Undetected
- Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
- Vigor
- Vindictive Flamestoker
- Vineglimmer Snarl
- Volcanic Spite
- Vraan, Executioner Thane
- Windbrisk Heights