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 5 weeks, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 384 | 523–637 | 45.1 | 1 | 17 | 9 |
| The Rock | 19 | 21–33 | 38.9 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Citadel | 10 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 61 | 86–103 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 32 | 56–44 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Séance | 9 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 16 | 33–14 | 70.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enchantments Matter | 9 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |||
| Allies | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 31 | 25–40 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Naya Midrange | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 20 | 20–28 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 18 | 17–25 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 29 | 39–45 | 46.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dimir Vat | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Angel Tribal | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 13 | 24–23 | 51.1 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Energy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 13 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 44 | 68–81 | 45.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mardu Hero | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Esper Hero | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 30 | 52–53 | 49.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Clerics | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |