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. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 287 | 440–523 | 45.7 | 2 | 18 | 8 |
| The Rock | 74 | 125–137 | 47.7 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Grenzo | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 29 | 56–57 | 49.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jund | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Blink | 10 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Vampires | 10 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 8 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 31 | 63–54 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Naya Hero | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Clerics | 7 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Death Cloud | 13 | 30–27 | 52.6 | |||
| Slime Against Humanity | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 |