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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 67–121 | 35.6 | 5 | 1 | 1282 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 28–36 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 7 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Control | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 11–31 | 26.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Canker Abomination
- Choice of Damnations
- Deadeye Plunderers
- Desperate Castaways
- Doubtless One
- Ghost Council of Orzhova
- Hanabi Blast
- Highspire Infusion
- Inspiring Veteran
- Invigorating Boon
- Jubilant Skybonder
- Khenra Eternal
- Liliana's Elite
- Multiform Wonder
- Smitten Swordmaster
- Soulless One
- Stormfist Crusader
- Thriving Rats
- Tournament Grounds
- Traproot Kami
- Wailing Ghoul
- Wall of Mist
- War Oracle
- Wintermoor Commander
- Woodland Guidance
- Woodweaver's Puzzleknot
- Woodwraith Corrupter