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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 171–98–1 | 63.6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 34–20 | 63.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 34–27–1 | 55.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 4 | 13–7–1 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 3 | 11–4–1 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Approach Necro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 61–27 | 69.3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Allies | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Necro Midrange | 10 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Abbot of Keral Keep
- Aeolipile
- Agony Warp
- Aura Fracture
- Blood Funnel
- Cascading Cataracts
- Changeling Hero
- Changeling Outcast
- Dark Salvation
- Darting Merfolk
- Due Respect
- Final Judgment
- Firebrand Archer
- Grasping Dunes
- Grave Pact
- Gravestorm
- Inundate
- Jace's Defeat
- Jinxed Idol
- Kefnet's Last Word
- Knollspine Dragon
- Mire Triton
- Misstep
- Myth Realized
- Notion Thief
- Phantasmal Bear
- Profane Memento
- Quicksilver Gargantuan
- Rampaging Ferocidon
- Ruins of Oran-Rief
- Secrets of the Golden City
- Seer's Sundial
- Shared Fate
- Strength of Night
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang
- Tempest Caller
- Undead Augur
- Vance's Blasting Cannons
- Warping Wail