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.
-
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, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 454 | 618–773 | 44.4 | 5 | 57 | 16 |
| Storm | 69 | 43–139 | 23.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 10 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Stormpost | 10 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 10 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 8 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 12 | 12–28 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 85 | 120–149 | 44.6 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Myr Incubator | 9 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Post | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Eggs | 76 | 116–127 | 47.7 | 3 | 20 | 4 |
| Saffi Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 10 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 123 | 223–184 | 54.8 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 123 | 223–184 | 54.8 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 116 | 222–173 | 56.2 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |