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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 31–48 | 39.2 | 2 | 1372 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 19 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 9 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 7 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 9 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 5 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Abandoned Campground
- Arc Spitter
- Bovine Intervention
- Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
- Cephalopod Sentry
- Dragon Broodmother
- Eldrazi Monument
- Etched Cornfield
- Geth, Lord of the Vault
- Grand Master of Flowers
- Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
- Iridian Maelstrom
- Lakeside Shack
- Perimeter Enforcer
- Private Eye
- Promise of Tomorrow
- Roaming Throne
- Saruman of Many Colors
- Scrollshift
- Sheriff of Safe Passage
- Soratami Cloudskater
- Strangled Cemetery
- The Spear of Leonidas
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Cards Played First
- Abandoned Campground
- Arc Spitter
- Aurelia, the Law Above
- Aya of Alexandria
- Bayek of Siwa
- Bleeding Woods
- Bovine Intervention
- Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
- Carrot Cake
- Cephalopod Sentry
- Cerebral Confiscation
- Dark Confidant
- Dewdrop Cure
- Disturbing Conversion
- Dragon Broodmother
- Drana, Liberator of Malakir
- Eldrazi Monument
- Elspeth's Smite
- Etched Cornfield
- Fortune, Loyal Steed
- Furnace Host Charger
- Getaway Glamer
- Geth, Lord of the Vault
- Gisela, the Broken Blade
- Grand Master of Flowers
- Heart of Kiran
- Hellspur Posse Boss
- Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
- Iridian Maelstrom
- Lakeside Shack
- Layla Hassan
- Lieutenant Kirtar
- Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms
- Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
- Maelstrom Archangel
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Mistway Spy
- Murky Sewer
- Neglected Manor
- Parting Gust
- Peculiar Lighthouse
- Perimeter Enforcer
- Private Eye
- Promise of Tomorrow
- Rakdos Joins Up
- Raucous Carnival
- Razortrap Gorge
- Resplendent Angel
- Roaming Throne
- Saruman of Many Colors
- Scrollshift
- Shadow of the Enemy
- Sheriff of Safe Passage
- Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
- Soratami Cloudskater
- Steer Clear
- Storm of Saruman
- Strangled Cemetery
- Sword of Hearth and Home
- The Animus
- The Kami War
- The Spear of Leonidas
- Traumatic Revelation
- Valkyrie Harbinger
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide
- Wrangler of the Damned