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-Combo | 109 | 141–209 | 40.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Aristocrats | 47 | 60–82 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Food | 20 | 24–40 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 12 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |||
| Burn | 54 | 65–106 | 38.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Necro Burn | 44 | 54–87 | 38.3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 6 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |