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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 143–139 | 50.7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1569 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 50–39 | 56.2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 7 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Midnight Mass | 8 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 2 | 3 | |
| Control | 16 | 23–29 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 12 | 16–20 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 27 | 51–40 | 56.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 10 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 8 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ramp | 6 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Bringer of the Last Gift
- Cemetery Desecrator
- Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
- Geological Appraiser
- Gruff Triplets
- Hollow One
- Infernal Tutor
- Invasion of Tolvada
- Meria's Outrider
- Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
- Murderous Rider
- Nashi, Moon's Legacy
- Nezumi Linkbreaker
- Shinen of Flight's Wings
- Spinewoods Armadillo