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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 67–86 | 43.8 | 3 | 1 | 1396 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Storm Herald | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Control | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Librarians | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 32–37 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Angels | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth
- Analyze the Pollen
- Bandit's Talent
- Beluna Grandsquall
- Curious Inquiry
- Deputy of Detention
- Doomskar Warrior
- Ebondeath, Dracolich
- Feed the Cycle
- Frontier Seeker
- Hell to Pay
- Heroic Intervention
- Huatli, Poet of Unity
- Huskburster Swarm
- Malamet Battle Glyph
- Novice Inspector
- Osseous Sticktwister
- Prairie Dog
- Shoreline Looter
- Snooping Newsie
- Unyielding Gatekeeper
- Urborg Scavengers