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, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 388 | 713–690 | 50.8 | 27 | 261 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 52 | 118–89 | 57.0 | 5 | 41 | |
| Heroic | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 167 | 327–301 | 52.1 | 12 | 115 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 39 | 72–76 | 48.6 | 1 | 22 | |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 14 | 19–32 | 37.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 22 | 51–41 | 55.4 | 3 | 19 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 67 | 100–96 | 51.0 | 6 | 42 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 66 | 100–93 | 51.8 | 6 | 42 | |
| Knights | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Cats | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Humans | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gruul Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |