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.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 291 | 616–583–1 | 51.4 | 15 | 132 | |
| The Rock | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jund | 23 | 33–45–1 | 42.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Blink | 67 | 213–115 | 64.9 | 10 | 46 | |
| Wave Blink | 67 | 213–115 | 64.9 | 10 | 46 | |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Wave | 61 | 200–105 | 65.6 | 9 | 42 | |
| Abzan Wave | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 10 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Allies | 10 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Allies | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fake-Rack | 16 | 25–35 | 41.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 21 | 52–44 | 54.2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Big Red | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 46 | 89–98 | 47.6 | 0 | 19 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 36 | 70–74 | 48.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 12 | 19–29 | 39.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Angel Tribal | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 16 | 22–29 | 43.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 31 | 76–62 | 55.1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 |