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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 104–110 | 48.6 | 10 | 2 | 1547 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Control | 10 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 30 | 53–44 | 54.6 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Jund | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Nissa Company | 25 | 51–38 | 57.3 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Ramp | 14 | 26–21 | 55.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Applejacks | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 |
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