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? 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 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 1 week, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro-Control | 119 | 169–193 | 46.7 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Izzet Tempo | 43 | 64–72 | 47.1 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Simic Madness | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Wizards | 15 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 13 | 28–20 | 58.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 17 | 24–25 | 49.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 |