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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1854 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Esper Control | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alchemist's Vial
- Arcane Sanctum
- Aura of Dominion
- Auriok Salvagers
- Battlefield Thaumaturge
- Bearer of Silence
- Benefactor's Draught
- Bog Down
- Chandra, Heart of Fire
- Chariot of Victory
- Claim // Fame
- Confound
- Consign to Dream
- Contraband Kingpin
- Crosis's Catacombs
- Crowd's Favor
- Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders
- Daring Saboteur
- Distended Mindbender
- Edgewall Inn
- Etched Monstrosity
- Fierce Witchstalker
- Fiery Cannonade
- Flamekin Harbinger
- Geistflame
- Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai
- Ground Rift
- Hatching Plans
- Hell's Thunder
- Herald of Torment
- Honored Hydra
- Hour of Need
- Increasing Vengeance
- Kaleidostone
- Labyrinth Guardian
- Lay Claim
- Marrow Shards
- Medomai's Prophecy
- Myrkul, Lord of Bones
- Necrogen Spellbomb
- Need for Speed
- Network Terminal
- Nivmagus Elemental
- Pirate's Pillage
- Plan the Heist
- Possessed Skaab
- Rampage of the Clans
- Rescind
- Retether
- River Serpent
- Sedraxis Specter
- Semblance Anvil
- Shrieking Grotesque
- Soul Rend
- Splendor Mare
- Storm Entity
- Stratus Dancer
- Tenacious Tomeseeker
- Thryx, the Sudden Storm
- Tidal Bore
- Tinder Wall
- Traumatic Visions
- Ugin's Construct
- Vanish into Memory
- Vesuvan Drifter
- Vizier of Tumbling Sands
- Void Attendant
- Waker of Waves
- Wild Cantor
- Words of Wind
- Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig