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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 111–62 | 64.2 | 1 | 8 | 1966 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 12 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 3 | ||
| Actual Twin | 12 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 12 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 3 | ||
| Control | 33 | 43–27 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 11 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 15 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 7 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 2 | ||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alchemist's Gambit
- Ancient Carp
- Baird, Argivian Recruiter
- Bitter Triumph
- Cheeky House-Mouse
- Consuming Tide
- Devilish Valet
- Devouring Sugarmaw
- Draugr Thought-Thief
- Electrostatic Infantry
- Evangel of Synthesis
- Haughty Djinn
- Ichor Drinker
- Invasion of New Phyrexia
- Iona, Shield of Emeria
- Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
- Jackdaw Savior
- Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Lazav, Familiar Stranger
- Long Goodbye
- Mayhem Patrol
- Overwhelming Forces
- Planar Incision
- Pugnacious Pugilist
- Royal Treatment
- Sauron's Ransom
- Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
- Suspicious Stowaway
- The Raven Man
- Unauthorized Exit
- Yavimaya Steelcrusher