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 1 week, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 95–107–6 | 47.0 | 2 | 14 | 1458 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 48–54–3 | 47.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 14–15–2 | 48.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 9 | 14–13–2 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 8 | 7–13–1 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 2–2–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 2–2–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hyperwave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 8 | 15–12–1 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 7–2–1 | 77.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | |||||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 20–19–1 | 51.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 11 | 19–14–1 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 11 | 19–14–1 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Absorb Vis
- Akroan Line Breaker
- Barren Glory
- Boar Umbra
- Bomat Bazaar Barge
- Borderland Ranger
- Burnished Hart
- Dimir Machinations
- Disciple of Deceit
- Dragon's Claw
- Duskwatch Recruiter
- Elvish Aberration
- Embodiment of Spring
- Ethereal Usher
- Evil Twin
- Evolution Charm
- Firefist Striker
- Font of Fertility
- Font of Fortunes
- Font of Vigor
- Frontier Guide
- Gleam of Authority
- Gore-House Chainwalker
- Immerwolf
- Imperiosaur
- Increasing Ambition
- Jhessian Zombies
- Karametra's Acolyte
- Kiora's Follower
- Krosan Tusker
- Life // Death
- Madcap Skills
- Magus of the Library
- Makindi Patrol
- Mayor of Avabruck
- Mimeofacture
- Mnemonic Wall
- Nature's Way
- Netherborn Phalanx
- Night Dealings
- Nylea's Disciple
- One with Nature
- Ordeal of Nylea
- Ordeal of Purphoros
- Perilous Forays
- Quicken
- Quirion Explorer
- Quirion Trailblazer
- Riding the Dilu Horse
- Sage's Row Denizen
- Sanctum Plowbeast
- Savage Punch
- Scrivener
- Silkwing Scout
- Sylvan Bounty
- Trostani's Summoner
- Volcano Hellion
- Worldpurge