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, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 268 | 553–515 | 51.8 | 17 | 155 | |
| Storm | 111 | 236–207 | 53.3 | 9 | 67 | |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 103 | 227–190 | 54.4 | 9 | 63 | |
| Swath Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 23 | 64–41 | 61.0 | 2 | 17 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hypergenesis | 12 | 13–29 | 31.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 13 | 25–24 | 51.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 13 | 25–24 | 51.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Myr Incubator | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 11 | 18–26 | 40.9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Breakfast | 38 | 106–64 | 62.4 | 5 | 26 | |
| Oops All Spells | 38 | 106–64 | 62.4 | 5 | 26 | |
| Dredge | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Restore Balance | 10 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Possibility Storm | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | 4 |