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, 1 day.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro-Combo | 27 | 60–49 | 55.0 | 4 | 21 | |
| Aristocrats | 16 | 44–30 | 59.5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 13 | 38–22 | 63.3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Infect | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30–23 | 56.6 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 5–2 | 71.4 |
| Red Deck Wins | 14–13 | 51.9 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| White Weenie | 0–5 | 0.0 |
| Elves | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Zombies | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 8–2 | 80.0 |
| Tempered Steel | 8–2 | 80.0 |
| Cats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Cats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo | 5–4 | 55.6 |
| Hypergenesis | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Eggs | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Breakfast | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Oops All Lands | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 5–1 | 83.3 |
| Esper Control | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cloudpost Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Jeskai Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Aristocrats | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Hermit Humans | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Ninjas | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Blue Gush | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Izzet Spells | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Midrange | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Wave Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Allies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mardu Allies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mardu Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Owling Mine | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Ramp | 12–13 | 48.0 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 12–13 | 48.0 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 12–13 | 48.0 |