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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 82–38 | 68.3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2228 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 47–16 | 74.6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 16 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Control | 13 | 23–14 | 62.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 12 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Last Stand Control | 12 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aragorn, the Uniter
- Berserk
- Bitterblossom
- Boom Box
- Bushwhack
- Confounding Riddle
- Cryptic Command
- Deadly Riposte
- Doors of Durin
- Ebon Dragon
- Ertai Resurrected
- Horned Loch-Whale
- Hostile Takeover
- Kenrith, the Returned King
- Kroxa and Kunoros
- Lightning Helix
- Moonveil Regent
- Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- Omnath, Locus of All
- Outrageous Robbery
- Pick Your Poison
- Rankle's Prank
- Sentinel of Lost Lore
- Sleep-Cursed Faerie
- Sword of Light and Shadow
- Take Up the Shield
- Tectonic Hazard
- Thrun, the Last Troll
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets
- Underground River
- Vendilion Clique
- Verdant Mastery