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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 108 | 213–155 | 57.9 | 2 | 15 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 18 | 40–32 | 55.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 15 | 35–28 | 55.6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 38–26 | 59.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 28 | 76–38 | 66.7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Mono White Humans | 28 | 76–38 | 66.7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Elves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Humans | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Pirates | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |