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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 99–180 | 35.5 | 1 | 1309 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Affinity | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 36–55 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 9 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Cawblade | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 9–23 | 28.1 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Spirits | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 19–35 | 35.2 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Ao, the Dawn Sky
- Disa the Restless
- Discerning Financier
- Explorer's Cache
- Glimmer Seeker
- Jackdaw
- Minas Tirith Garrison
- Monstrous Emergence
- Mudflat Village
- Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
- Omenpath Journey
- Omnath, Locus of Mana
- Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
- Rockfall Vale
- Soulcoil Viper
- Thornplate Intimidator
- Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger