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 5 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | 431–438 | 49.6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1626 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 119 | 268–194 | 58.0 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| White Weenie | 58 | 156–78 | 66.7 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Soldiers | 13 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 13 | 26–24 | 52.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 11 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cats | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 8 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 37–50 | 42.5 | |||
| Storm | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 10 | 16–18 | 47.1 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 29 | 26–52 | 33.3 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ponza | 12 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 6 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 26–24 | 52.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Food | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Curses | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 27 | 35–55 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Elementals | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ramp | 13 | 18–33 | 35.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Battlefly Swarm
- Bladegraft Aspirant
- Bloated Contaminator
- Boots of Speed
- Choking Miasma
- Cooped Up
- Darkest Hour
- Deconstruction Hammer
- Excavated Wall
- Glistening Dawn
- Hard-Hitting Question
- Jet Medallion
- Knight of Dusk's Shadow
- Nettle Guard
- Oxidda Finisher
- Planar Disruption
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
- Thran Spider