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 1 week.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Midrange | 101 | 190–211 | 47.4 | 5 | 52 | |
The Rock | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Grenzo | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Jund | 15 | 25–33 | 43.1 | 0 | 6 | |
Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Mardu Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
White Jund | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Legends Midrange | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Naya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | 4 | |
Dimir Midrange | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Angel Tribal | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Sultai Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 1 | 3 | |
Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 20 | 60–41 | 59.4 | 2 | 13 | |
Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Clerics | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Death Cloud | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |