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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 130–104–1 | 55.6 | 7 | 5 | 1642 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Heroic | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono White Heroic | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Midrange | 25 | 45–41–1 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Acid Trip | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Indestructible | 17 | 35–27 | 56.5 | 2 | ||
| Allies | 3 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 3 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Angel of Salvation
- Bala Ged Thief
- Bereavement
- Cathar's Companion
- Chaplain's Blessing
- Cinder Wall
- Crash Through
- Disappearing Act
- Floodtide Serpent
- Fruit of the First Tree
- Hagra Diabolist
- Kheru Bloodsucker
- Loxodon Peacekeeper
- Lunarch Mantle
- Meletis Astronomer
- Odunos River Trawler
- Ondu War Cleric
- Otherworldly Journey
- Pardic Dragon
- Pollen Remedy
- Riddleform
- Scourge of Skola Vale
- Sunset Pyramid
- Vengeful Archon
- Wall of Souls