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 | 183 | 365–387 | 48.5 | 14 | 87 | |
| The Rock | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Allies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Allies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 30–44 | 40.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angel Tribal | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Owling Mine | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 23 | 39–53 | 42.4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 9 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 67 | 184–130 | 58.6 | 12 | 42 |