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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 307 | 517–644 | 44.5 | 3 | 78 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 32 | 37–66 | 35.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blink | 39 | 89–77 | 53.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wave Blink | 34 | 81–66 | 55.1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 21 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 7 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bant Wave | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Esper Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 27 | 44–61 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 28 | 69–56 | 55.2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 50 | 87–102 | 46.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 38 | 67–77 | 46.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 38 | 68–82 | 45.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Angel Tribal | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Toughness Matters | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mutate | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Owling Mine | 9 | 7–20 | 25.9 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |