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 13 weeks, 1 day.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 882 | 1608–1627 | 49.7 | 10 | 93 | 35 |
| Blink | 139 | 355–210 | 62.8 | 7 | 35 | 11 |
| Wave Blink | 87 | 235–131 | 64.2 | 7 | 27 | 5 |
| Orzhov Wave | 10 | 33–15 | 68.8 | 0 | 5 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11–2 | 84.6 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Heroic | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Red Deck Wins | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Proliferate Red | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Tokens | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Tokens | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| White Weenie | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Odric Keywords | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Rogues | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Merfolk | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Maniac Combo | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Breakfast | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hermit Gond | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 7–6 | 53.8 |
| Mono Black Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Dimir Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Izzet Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Dragon Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Ponza | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Pox | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Combo-Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Pickles | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 11–6 | 64.7 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Blink | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Wave Blink | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Azorius Wave | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Graveyard Value | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Allies | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Mardu Allies | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono White Allies | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Angel Tribal | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Prophet Glare | 0–1 | 0.0 |