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, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 294 | 574–550 | 51.1 | 25 | 168 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 18 | 28–39 | 41.8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Heroic | 92 | 214–160 | 57.2 | 10 | 65 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 77 | 176–127 | 58.1 | 8 | 56 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 15 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 80 | 169–140 | 54.7 | 10 | 49 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 6 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 11 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 2 | 6 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 10 | 7–26 | 21.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Werewolves | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 17 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 2 | 13 | |
| Zombies | 9 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Illusions | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |