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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 120 | 249–245 | 50.4 | 14 | 77 | |
| Heroic | 28 | 73–55 | 57.0 | 6 | 21 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 8 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 13 | 39–19 | 67.2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 17 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Tokens | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 30 | 62–62 | 50.0 | 3 | 17 | |
| Mono White Humans | 30 | 62–62 | 50.0 | 3 | 17 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 15 | 37–29 | 56.1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Boros Humans | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Azorius Humans | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 10 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 25–19 | 56.8 | 2 | 7 | |
| Bard Class | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pirates | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |