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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 123–133 | 48.0 | 3 | 3 | 1438 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 55–40 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cats | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 10 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 9 | 19–19 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 35–53 | 39.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 9 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alabaster Host Intercessor
- Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
- Applied Biomancy
- Arwen, Mortal Queen
- Audacious Reshapers
- Avalanche Riders
- Awakening Zone
- Blast Zone
- Blood Vassal
- Borborygmos and Fblthp
- Brokers Hideout
- Bumbleflower's Sharepot
- Burning-Rune Demon
- Deserted Temple
- Dovescape
- Dragonlord Silumgar
- Drannith Ruins
- Eater of Virtue
- Elbrus, the Binding Blade
- Feed the Cauldron
- Forgotten Monument
- Gold Pan
- Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
- Hidden Grotto
- Inga and Esika
- Karametra, God of Harvests
- Kozilek, the Great Distortion
- Laughing Jasper Flint
- Legolas, Master Archer
- Mardu Shadowspear
- Mardu Strike Leader
- Martyr of Bones
- Pia and Kiran Nalaar
- Polymorph
- Promising Vein
- Ruin-Lurker Bat
- Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant
- Samite Herbalist
- Savor
- Scalding Viper
- Season of Renewal
- Staunch Throneguard
- Steelshaper Apprentice
- Valor
- Valorous Stance
- Vesuva
- Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier
- Vraska Joins Up
- Woodland Bellower
- Worldspine Wurm