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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 58–54 | 51.8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1573 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Madness | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gruul Madness | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Mardu Life | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Birthday Stax | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 9 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Advanced Stitchwing
- Beneath the Sands
- Countervailing Winds
- Desert of the Glorified
- Esper Sojourners
- Farm // Market
- Fatestitcher
- Halimar Excavator
- Haze of Pollen
- Key to the City
- Mirror-Mad Phantasm
- New Perspectives
- Polluted Mire
- Resounding Wave
- Shadow of the Grave
- Taigam's Scheming
- Vaultbreaker
- Vile Manifestation