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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 166 | 291–351 | 45.3 | 2 | 87 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 47 | 93–99 | 48.4 | 0 | 27 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 23 | 42–49 | 46.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| White Weenie | 15 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Elves | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 24–47 | 33.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 24–38 | 38.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| AggroSlide | 23 | 36–37 | 49.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |