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 3 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 81–42 | 65.9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1994 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Heroic | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 6 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Actual Twin | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 15 | 35–15 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 9 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | |||||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Archfiend Alteration | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alchemist's Gambit
- Ancient Carp
- Baird, Argivian Recruiter
- Bitter Triumph
- Cheeky House-Mouse
- Consuming Tide
- Devilish Valet
- Devouring Sugarmaw
- Draugr Thought-Thief
- Electrostatic Infantry
- Evangel of Synthesis
- Haughty Djinn
- Ichor Drinker
- Iona, Shield of Emeria
- Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
- Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Lazav, Familiar Stranger
- Long Goodbye
- Mayhem Patrol
- Overwhelming Forces
- Planar Incision
- Pugnacious Pugilist
- Royal Treatment
- Sauron's Ransom
- Suspicious Stowaway
- The Raven Man
- Unauthorized Exit
- Yavimaya Steelcrusher