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 | 334 | 714–645–1 | 52.5 | 30 | 171 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 14 | 27–25–1 | 51.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Heroic | 9 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 104 | 274–189 | 59.2 | 16 | 61 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 23 | 54–44 | 55.1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Goblins | 31 | 92–56 | 62.2 | 8 | 23 | |
| Tokens | 35 | 63–77 | 45.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 30 | 56–65 | 46.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| White Weenie | 22 | 34–42 | 44.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Odric Keywords | 10 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Soldiers | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Minotaurs | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zombies | 19 | 39–30 | 56.5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Merfolk | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 19–38 | 33.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 8 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 21 | 61–36 | 62.9 | 2 | 16 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 15 | 21–32 | 39.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Boros Auras | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |