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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 347 | 677–737 | 47.9 | 7 | 131 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 25 | 40–53 | 43.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 42 | 86–87 | 49.7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 7 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 6 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 56 | 135–125 | 51.9 | 3 | 25 | |
| Naya Midrange | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Card Advantage White | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Big Red | 11 | 22–30 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 47 | 118–92 | 56.2 | 2 | 20 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 14 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Heart of Darkness | 27 | 81–52 | 60.9 | 2 | 12 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 7 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angel Tribal | 23 | 45–44 | 50.6 | 0 | 13 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 14 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 27 | 69–55 | 55.6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Prophet Glare | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Party | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Clerics | 5 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |