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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 161–83 | 66.0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2124 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 38 | 114–61 | 65.1 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Storm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 22–10 | 68.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Warp World | 15 | 45–22 | 67.2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Boros Glimpse | 14 | 41–21 | 66.1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Infect | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 3 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Armor of Faith
- Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
- Cynical Loner
- Essence Channeler
- Fiery Emancipation
- Flotsam // Jetsam
- Generous Plunderer
- Hostile Hostel
- No Witnesses
- Palani's Hatcher
- Peerless Recycling
- Pugnacious Hammerskull
- Saheeli's Lattice
- Serra's Emissary
- Stickytongue Sentinel
- Sunshower Druid
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane
- Thought Vessel
- Triumphant Chomp