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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 108–119 | 47.6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1541 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |||
| Storm Herald | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 14 | 21–23 | 47.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 38 | 71–66 | 51.8 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Jund | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 12 | 30–18 | 62.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Nissa Company | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Avabruck Caretaker
- Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
- Bringer of the Last Gift
- Cemetery Desecrator
- Demonic Counsel
- Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
- Extus, Oriq Overlord
- Fblthp, Lost on the Range
- Fear of Immobility
- Flicker
- Geological Appraiser
- Gruff Triplets
- Hollow One
- Infernal Tutor
- Invasion of Tolvada
- Kellan Joins Up
- Leyline of Mutation
- Meeting of the Five
- Meria's Outrider
- Mila, Crafty Companion
- Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
- Murderous Rider
- Nashi, Moon's Legacy
- Nezumi Linkbreaker
- Rowan, Scion of War
- Sawhorn Nemesis
- Shinen of Flight's Wings
- Spinewoods Armadillo
- The Mindskinner
- The Rollercrusher Ride
- Underwater Tunnel // Slimy Aquarium
- Virtue of Courage