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 | 1146 | 2026–1902–2 | 51.6 | 18 | 176 | 51 |
| Voltron | 33 | 52–64 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hateful Auras | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Tempered Steel | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Madness | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Golgari Madness | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo | 6–6 | 50.0 |
| Storm | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Dragonstorm | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| High Tide | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Breakfast | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Unctus | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Dredge | 4–1 | 80.0 |
| Belcher | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Control | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Grixis Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Stax | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cycling Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Astral Slide | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Infect | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Midrange | 5–3 | 62.5 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Ramp | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1–0 | 100.0 |