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 8 weeks.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 61–54 | 53.0 | 4 | 13 | 1526 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 45–38 | 54.2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kithkin | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jund | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Aether Spellbomb
- Agonizing Memories
- Aladdin's Ring
- Apprentice Wizard
- Arcanis the Omnipotent
- Bottled Cloister
- Bringer of the White Dawn
- Carnage Gladiator
- Citadel Siege
- Citanul Flute
- Citanul Woodreaders
- Confiscate
- Coordinated Barrage
- Creeping Mold
- Cryptic Annelid
- Death Pit Offering
- Devouring Greed
- Dictate of Heliod
- Djinn of Wishes
- Dragon Roost
- Eerie Procession
- Erebos, God of the Dead
- Evermind
- Font of Mythos
- Genju of the Cedars
- Genju of the Falls
- Goblin Assault
- Guardian Seraph
- Havoc Festival
- Hieromancer's Cage
- Hindering Touch
- Homura, Human Ascendant
- Horizon Spellbomb
- Indestructibility
- Into the Core
- Jaws of Stone
- Journeyer's Kite
- Junkyo Bell
- Karoo
- Kathari Screecher
- Keldon Raider
- Knight of Old Benalia
- Lay of the Land
- Loyal Sentry
- Magma Giant
- Magus of the Coffers
- Mana Cylix
- Markov Blademaster
- Maro
- Mass Calcify
- Moriok Rigger
- Myojin of Night's Reach
- Niblis of the Urn
- Nightmare's Thirst
- Nimble Mongoose
- Obelisk of Jund
- Obsidian Fireheart
- Obzedat's Aid
- Outwit
- Paradox Haze
- Plague Wind
- Predatory Rampage
- Proven Combatant
- Rage Reflection
- Rakdos Charm
- Rakdos Ragemutt
- Rally the Horde
- Reach Through Mists
- Red Sun's Zenith
- Relentless Assault
- Rhox
- Ring of Evos Isle
- Ronin Houndmaster
- Rukh Egg
- Scroll of the Masters
- Seek the Horizon
- Serra Sphinx
- Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- Shrine of Limitless Power
- Sift Through Sands
- Sigil of Distinction
- Sigil of the New Dawn
- Simic Sky Swallower
- Slith Strider
- Spark Jolt
- Spell Contortion
- Spellbook
- Spiritual Visit
- Spite of Mogis
- Staff of the Wild Magus
- Surveilling Sprite
- Talrand's Invocation
- Tandem Lookout
- Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
- Terashi's Verdict
- The Unspeakable
- Thunder-Thrash Elder
- Tower of Champions
- Tower of Eons
- Vedalken Outlander
- Void Stalker
- Volcanic Vision
- Vulshok Battlegear
- Wand of the Elements
- Wild Hunger
- Wit's End
- Wrecking Ogre
- Zephyr Sprite