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 14 weeks.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 168 | 306–334 | 47.8 | 7 | 93 | |
| Allies | 21 | 47–37 | 56.0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mardu Allies | 11 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Boros Allies | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17–13 | 56.7 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Red Deck Wins | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Goblins | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| White Weenie | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Chroma White | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 10–9 | 52.6 |
| Tempered Steel | 10–9 | 52.6 |
| Voltron | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Equipment Aggro | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo | 7–6 | 53.8 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| New Perspectives | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Breakfast | 4–5 | 44.4 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 4–5 | 44.4 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Grixis Breakfast | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Control | 11–4 | 73.3 |
| Esper Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Demonic Rising | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Turbo Fog | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Galleon Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Sultai Control | 7–1 | 87.5 |
| Guildgate Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Azorius Skies | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Combo-Control | 2–4 | 33.3 |
| Curses | 1–4 | 20.0 |
| Lich's Mastery | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 6–9 | 40.0 |
| Grenzo | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Allies | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Mardu Allies | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Vampires | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Legends Midrange | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mardu Legends | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 0–3 | 0.0 |