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 | 80 | 169–160 | 51.4 | 5 | 24 | |
| Aristocrats | 12 | 19–31 | 38.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 7 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Burn | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 42 | 95–75 | 55.9 | 3 | 14 | |
| Simic Infect | 33 | 78–52 | 60.0 | 3 | 11 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 8 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 11 | 32–22 | 59.3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Goblin Persist | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 |