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.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 272 | 542–543 | 50.0 | 15 | 160 | |
| The Rock | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Midrange | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Angel Tribal | 10 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 31 | 71–65 | 52.2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 31 | 71–65 | 52.2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 66 | 165–118 | 58.3 | 8 | 44 | |
| Orzhov Capenna | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 21 | 44–40 | 52.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mardu Hero | 14 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Five Color Hero | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Naya Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 78 | 162–169 | 48.9 | 4 | 58 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |