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 13 weeks, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo-Control | 109 | 192–205 | 48.4 | 8 | 57 | |
| Curses | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mindcrank | 16 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Displace Loop | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Familiars | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 77 | 137–147 | 48.2 | 6 | 40 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 76 | 136–145 | 48.4 | 6 | 39 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 26 | 47–50 | 48.5 | 2 | 14 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 16 | 25–29 | 46.3 | 2 | 9 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |