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.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Midrange | 6058 | 11593–12276–34 | 48.6 | 296 | 2714 | |
Blink | 619 | 1615–1142 | 58.6 | 79 | 360 | |
Wave Blink | 356 | 994–627 | 61.3 | 53 | 222 | |
Esper Wave | 22 | 58–46 | 55.8 | 2 | 10 | |
Azorius Wave | 219 | 629–389 | 61.8 | 37 | 131 | |
Orzhov Wave | 85 | 229–142 | 61.7 | 11 | 63 | |
Abzan Wave | 13 | 36–23 | 61.0 | 2 | 8 | |
Bant Wave | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 | |
Acid Trip | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 32 | 65–67 | 49.2 | 1 | 21 |