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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 131–111 | 54.1 | 1 | 4 | 1655 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 62–32 | 66.0 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 27–8 | 77.1 | 2 | ||
| Goblins | 8 | 23–11 | 67.6 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mardu Tokens | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Warriors | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Control | 16 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Pollute the Planet | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | |||||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | |||||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 25 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blink | 1 | |||||
| Treefolk | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Ambuscade Shaman
- Battlewand Oak
- Boros Swiftblade
- Emblem of the Warmind
- Essence Filter
- Exploding Borders
- Fatal Frenzy
- First Response
- Living Hive
- Marisi's Twinclaws
- Nomad Stadium
- Orchard Warden
- Reckless Rage
- Roar of the Crowd
- Skymarch Bloodletter
- Tenacity
- Thaumatic Compass
- Tranquil Domain
- Unstoppable Ash
- Viashino Slaughtermaster
- Wild Nacatl
- Worldheart Phoenix