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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 98–135 | 42.1 | 6 | 1 | 1386 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 25 | 52–61 | 46.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Kithkin | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 30–53 | 36.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | |||||
| Boros Control | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 10 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pollute the Planet | 10 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Cards Played First
- Ballyrush Banneret
- Bloodline Shaman
- Cloak and Dagger
- Collective Effort
- Crusher Zendikon
- Dream Tides
- Engulf the Shore
- Gideon's Intervention
- Glory of Warfare
- Impatience
- Latchkey Faerie
- Lush Growth
- Meltdown
- Might of Alara
- Pendelhaven Elder
- Reverence
- Rivalry
- Searing Touch
- Sigil Blessing
- Spell Blast
- Steal Enchantment
- Steam Vines
- Tolsimir Wolfblood
- Uproot
- Words of War
- Ydwen Efreet