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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 303 | 464–537 | 46.4 | 3 | 32 | 6 |
| Storm | 114 | 236–210 | 52.9 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 100 | 223–180 | 55.3 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 18 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 18 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 15 | 27–21 | 56.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 20 | 33–24 | 57.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 27–21 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saffi Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 18 | 16–33 | 32.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Taking Turns | 9 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 18 | 14–49 | 22.2 | |||
| Polymorph | 8 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |||
| Storm Herald | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 17 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gyruda | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Primal Prayers Combo | 11 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 |