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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 43–58 | 42.6 | 2 | 2286 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Advice from the Fae
- Aetherize
- Aethertide Whale
- Angelsong
- Aven Mimeomancer
- Biomass Mutation
- Brineborn Cutthroat
- By Force
- Caught in the Crossfire
- Deafening Silence
- Diviner's Wand
- Dry Spell
- Elemental Uprising
- Ethercaste Knight
- Fevered Visions
- Goblin Chirurgeon
- Golden Egg
- Homicide Investigator
- Hunter's Insight
- Information Dealer
- Keeper of the Nine Gales
- Mangara of Corondor
- Merfolk Thaumaturgist
- Neurok Invisimancer
- Ovinize
- Perilous Voyage
- Plaguecrafter
- Prismite
- Puppeteer
- Ravenous Chupacabra
- Sage of Epityr
- Seaside Haven
- Self-Assembler
- Serendib Sorcerer
- Shipwreck Sifters
- Snapping Gnarlid
- Soratami Savant
- Spell Syphon
- Spiketail Drake
- Staff of the Flame Magus
- Stream of Unconsciousness
- Thalakos Seer
- Watcher for Tomorrow
- Wingcrafter
- Wings of Velis Vel