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 5 weeks, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1107 | 2026–1834 | 52.5 | 14 | 141 | 52 |
| Voltron | 48 | 75–79 | 48.7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2–4 | 33.3 |
| Artifact Aggro | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Affinity | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Tempered Steel | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Voltron | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hateful Auras | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Humans | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Boros Humans | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Humans | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Dredge | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Control | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Esper Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Prison | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Enchantress | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aristocrats | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Battle of Wits | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Resurgent Belief | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Greasefang | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Abzan Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |