Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, seven 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? 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 MTGO Traders. When you complete a five match league run for the first time ever you will get 1 tik credit with MTGO Traders (at the end of the month). -
We have seven 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 16 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 636 | 984–1163 | 45.8 | 4 | 32 | 26 |
| Graveyard Value | 14 | 22–32 | 40.7 | 1 | ||
| Séance | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3–10 | 23.1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Red Deck Wins | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Merfolk | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Affinity | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Tempered Steel | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| AggroSlide | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Combo | 3–8 | 27.3 |
| Storm | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Izzet Storm | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Reanimator | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Hypergenesis | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Taking Turns | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Restore Balance | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Control | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Azorius Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Cawblade | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Ponza | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Ninjas | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 2–4 | 33.3 |
| Curses | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Hive Mind | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 14–6 | 70.0 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Blink | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Fake-Rack | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4–1 | 80.0 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Naya Hero | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Artifact Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |