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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 85 | 132–178 | 42.6 | 4 | 39 | |
| The Rock | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 11 | 8–27 | 22.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Séance | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Allies | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Big Red | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Angel Tribal | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 18 | 40–37 | 51.9 | 2 | 10 | |
| Esper Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 17 | 39–34 | 53.4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Coinflip Tribal | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |