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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 36–13 | 73.5 | 4 | 2514 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 24–5 | 82.8 | 2 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 3 | 14–2 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Temurpost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
- Ardent Plea
- Breeches, Eager Pillager
- Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
- Channel
- Demonic Dread
- Elspeth, Knight-Errant
- Graveyard Marshal
- Infernal Reckoning
- Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
- Nahiri, the Unforgiving
- Palace Siege
- Prohibit
- Savior of Ollenbock
- Sigardian Savior
- Steel Hellkite
- Tendo Ice Bridge
- Unearth
- Vraska's Contempt