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 |
| Heroic | 54 | 89–92 | 49.2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 14 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6–7 | 46.2 |
| Heroic | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| White Weenie | 1–4 | 20.0 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Zombies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Boros Aggro | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo | 8–2 | 80.0 |
| Storm | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| High Tide | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Oriss Genesis | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hypergenesis | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Dredge | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Ad Nauseam | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Belcher | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 4–2 | 66.7 |
| Grixis Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Control | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Life is Ez | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Five Color Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Enchantments Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Combo-Control | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Thopter-Sword | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Artifact Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Ramp | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Greenpost | 0–1 | 0.0 |