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 | 297 | 514–571 | 47.4 | 19 | 158 | |
| Heroic | 15 | 36–32 | 52.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 13 | 34–26 | 56.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 128 | 225–239 | 48.5 | 7 | 69 | |
| Goblins | 15 | 17–31 | 35.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 19 | 41–34 | 54.7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 10 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Elves | 38 | 92–66 | 58.2 | 6 | 24 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 47 | 67–96 | 41.1 | 3 | 30 | |
| Affinity | 18 | 25–39 | 39.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 25 | 38–47 | 44.7 | 3 | 15 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Knights | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |