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 | 369 | 653–789 | 45.3 | 14 | 183 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prophet Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| The Rock | 17 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jund | 44 | 57–97 | 37.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Blink | 10 | 9–22 | 29.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 10 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Allies | 13 | 17–28 | 37.8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Allies | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Allies | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Esper Allies | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Treefolk | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 12 | 17–25 | 40.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 9 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Vampires | 17 | 21–42 | 33.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 11 | 14–30 | 31.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 14 | 23–32 | 41.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 112 | 240–227 | 51.4 | 6 | 63 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 16 | 29–32 | 47.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 7 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Angel Tribal | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 17 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 1 | 11 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 14 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 11 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Owling Mine | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 32 | 69–70 | 49.6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Naya Hero | 28 | 60–62 | 49.2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Coinflip Tribal | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Death Cloud | 5 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 |