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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 138–123 | 52.9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2158 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 58–49 | 54.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Control | 9 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 38–30 | 55.9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Treefolk | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Heart of Darkness | 11 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- A Little Chat
- Biting-Palm Ninja
- Brazen Upstart
- Clarion Spirit
- Cursed Totem
- Dispersing Orb
- Geyadrone Dihada
- Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
- Glimmervoid
- Kitchen Finks
- Lyra Dawnbringer
- Make Disappear
- Nissa, Steward of Elements
- Prairie Stream
- Quirion Ranger
- Reckless Impulse
- Spectral Snatcher
- Terminus
- Whirlpool Drake