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 11 weeks, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 54–129 | 29.5 | 988 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 18–24 | 42.9 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 4–26 | 13.3 | |||
| Storm | 8 | 3–25 | 10.7 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 8 | 3–25 | 10.7 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 22–51 | 30.1 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alabaster Mage
- Arcbound Prototype
- Basalt Ravager
- Basri's Lieutenant
- Beskir Shieldmate
- Chainbreaker
- Conclave's Blessing
- Despondency
- Discordant Piper
- Dread Rider
- Duskwielder
- Funeral March
- Infernal Scarring
- Kinsbaile Balloonist
- Loxodon Mender
- Magus of the Mirror
- Mechanized Production
- Mind's Eye
- Moss-Pit Skeleton
- Musician
- Nahiri's Machinations
- Nectar Faerie
- Recalibrate
- Shade's Form
- Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
- Wrench Mind