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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 1092 | 1625–1810–1 | 47.3 | 10 | 114 | 40 |
| Clerics | 16 | 41–30 | 57.7 | 0 | 11 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6–9 | 40.0 |
| White Weenie | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Soldiers | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Voltron | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Equipment Aggro | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| AggroSlide | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Humans | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Boros Humans | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Legends Aggro | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Combo | 5–4 | 55.6 |
| Warp World | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| New Perspectives | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 14–9 | 60.9 |
| Dimir Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Jeskai Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Dragon Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Ponza | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Five Color Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Control | 7–7 | 50.0 |
| Prison | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Enchantress | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aristocrats | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Food | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Battle of Wits | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 14–6 | 70.0 |
| The Rock | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Big Red | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5–3 | 62.5 |
| Necro Midrange | 5–3 | 62.5 |
| Angel Tribal | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Fires of Invention | 0–2 | 0.0 |