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 6 days, 9 hours.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 231 | 468–402–1 | 53.8 | 7 | 44 | 18 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 16 | 39–21 | 65.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Séance | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Indestructible | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Allies | 28 | 41–54–1 | 43.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 28 | 41–54–1 | 43.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Treefolk | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 105 | 296–161 | 64.8 | 7 | 31 | 15 |
| Necro Midrange | 103 | 294–158 | 65.0 | 7 | 31 | 15 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |