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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 57–61 | 48.3 | 3 | 1 | 1429 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Stax | 10 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 20–28 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Andúril, Flame of the West
- Archpriest of Shadows
- Back for Seconds
- Beluna's Gatekeeper
- Bloodfeather Phoenix
- Buried Treasure
- Candy Grapple
- Famished Foragers
- Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
- Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
- Hidden Cataract
- Hopeful Vigil
- Horn of the Mark
- Ingenious Prodigy
- Inverted Iceberg
- Monk Class
- Poetic Ingenuity
- Rangers of Ithilien
- Rankle, Master of Pranks
- Rivendell
- Rohirrim Lancer
- Skyclave Aerialist
- Spreading Insurrection
- The Black Breath
- The Eternal Wanderer
- Thopter Mechanic
- Threadbind Clique
- Wake to Slaughter