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 5 days, 13 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 132–66 | 66.7 | 11 | 1922 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 22 | 35–24 | 59.3 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 10 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
| Stax | 6 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Seasons Past Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Midrange | 39 | 89–38 | 70.1 | 9 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 30 | 75–27 | 73.5 | 9 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 15 | 33–15 | 68.8 | 4 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider