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, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 406 | 878–782 | 52.9 | 22 | 195 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Heroic | 99 | 266–178 | 59.9 | 9 | 58 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 80 | 227–143 | 61.4 | 8 | 49 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 9 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 141 | 328–263 | 55.5 | 7 | 75 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 10 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Goblins | 8 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tokens | 16 | 24–31 | 43.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 15 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 48 | 108–94 | 53.5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Odric Keywords | 26 | 58–54 | 51.8 | 2 | 14 | |
| Soldiers | 17 | 43–29 | 59.7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Elves | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Warriors | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rogues | 6 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Zombies | 13 | 22–23 | 48.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 13 | 35–24 | 59.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Merfolk | 11 | 11–28 | 28.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Madness | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hexproof | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |