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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 50–48–1 | 51.0 | 1 | 1538 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 15–13–1 | 53.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Displace Loop | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aether Charge
- Alabaster Potion
- Argent Mutation
- Arrogant Bloodlord
- Artificer's Epiphany
- Azorius Signet
- Batwing Brume
- Bile Urchin
- Blazing Archon
- Blessed Reversal
- Blood Celebrant
- Boros Guildgate
- Brainspoil
- Cabal Interrogator
- Calciform Pools
- Caltrops
- Celestial Force
- Chalice of Life
- Chandra Nalaar
- Choking Sands
- Cloudthresher
- Coalition Victory
- Coiling Oracle
- Commune with Lava
- Congregation at Dawn
- Corrupted Conscience
- Crackling Doom
- Cumber Stone
- Curse of Wizardry
- Dakra Mystic
- Damnable Pact
- Dawntreader Elk
- Death Cultist
- Death Grasp
- Death Wish
- Deeproot Waters
- Defiant Bloodlord
- Demonic Consultation
- Din of the Fireherd
- Elemental Bond
- Faith's Fetters
- Faith's Shield
- Felidar Sovereign
- Flame Fusillade
- Flame Wave
- Flaying Tendrils
- Frozen Aether
- Gilded Light
- Glyph Keeper
- Golgari Signet
- Gonti's Machinations
- Graypelt Refuge
- Grove of the Guardian
- Healing Hands
- Heap Doll
- Heroes Remembered
- Hidden Herbalists
- Hunted Dragon
- Hunting Pack
- Hymn to Tourach
- Illusionist's Bracers
- Imperial Mask
- Implement of Examination
- Impromptu Raid
- Ire Shaman
- Joraga Treespeaker
- Kambal, Consul of Allocation
- Kjeldoran Dead
- Laquatus's Champion
- Lash Out
- Lay Bare the Heart
- Leave // Chance
- Leechridden Swamp
- Madrush Cyclops
- Maggot Carrier
- Mana Seism
- Manta Riders
- Marble Diamond
- Mardu Charm
- Mardu Warshrieker
- Memoricide
- Midsummer Revel
- Mind Spring
- Mischievous Poltergeist
- Mogg Bombers
- Moldgraf Monstrosity
- Molten Slagheap
- Myr Landshaper
- Narnam Renegade
- Near-Death Experience
- Nissa's Renewal
- Null Chamber
- Nylea's Presence
- Order of the Stars
- Orzhov Signet
- Pain Seer
- Paraselene
- Peregrination
- Phyrexian Rebirth
- Planar Outburst
- Plasm Capture
- Prey Upon
- Prying Questions
- Raise the Alarm
- Rakdos Signet
- Rakka Mar
- Razia, Boros Archangel
- Reef Shaman
- Renounce
- Reverse Engineer
- Rishkar's Expertise
- River Sneak
- Rude Awakening
- Runehorn Hellkite
- Sanguine Bond
- Scoured Barrens
- Scuttlemutt
- Selesnya Signet
- Selkie Hedge-Mage
- Shattering Blow
- Shielded Aether Thief
- Sleeper Agent
- Smash
- Soulbright Flamekin
- Spectra Ward
- Sphere of the Suns
- Spike Feeder
- Spring // Mind
- Stain the Mind
- Stormtide Leviathan
- Stunted Growth
- Sunbond
- Sunken City
- Supernatural Stamina
- Survival Cache
- Tarox Bladewing
- Temple of Silence
- Thelonite Hermit
- Tidehollow Sculler
- Tidewater Minion
- Tin Street Hooligan
- Trygon Predator
- Ulvenwald Captive
- Urban Evolution
- Vanquisher's Banner
- Villainous Wealth
- Vivid Meadow
- Wall of Blood
- Winds of Rath
- Witchbane Orb
- Zuran Orb