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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo-Control | 33 | 50–64 | 43.9 | 1 | 14 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 23 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7–11 | 38.9 |
| Heroic | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono White Heroic | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Heroic | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Red Deck Wins | 2–7 | 22.2 |
| White Weenie | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Elves | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Tempered Steel | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Voltron | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hexproof | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Humans | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Bant Humans | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 6–9 | 40.0 |
| Storm | 1–7 | 12.5 |
| High Tide | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Channel Storm | 0–4 | 0.0 |
| Reanimator | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Warp World | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Eggs | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Breakfast | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Restore Balance | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 9–5 | 64.3 |
| Esper Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono Blue Control | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Grixis Control | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Stax | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Jeskai Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Pox | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 2–5 | 28.6 |
| Aristocrats | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Burn | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Combo Goblins | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Dirty Kitty | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Blue Madness | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Simic Madness | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Izzet Spells | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Dimir Tempo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 7–11 | 38.9 |
| The Rock | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Legends Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Big Red | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Dimir Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Simic Snow | 6–7 | 46.2 |
| Ramp | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Gruul Post | 1–0 | 100.0 |