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 6 days, 17 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 166–108 | 60.6 | 4 | 2036 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 37 | 74–49 | 60.2 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 24 | 49–37 | 57.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 23 | 49–36 | 57.6 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 25–21 | 54.3 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 48–18 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 14 | 40–14 | 74.1 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Avalanche Caller
- Deduce
- Demon Bolt
- Epic Experiment
- Fauna Shaman
- Flame-Blessed Bolt
- Illustrious Historian
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- Moderation
- Nested Shambler
- Picnic Ruiner
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- Scorn Effigy
- Silver Drake
- Sunrise Cavalier
- Vampires' Vengeance
- Veteran Brawlers
- You Find the Villains' Lair