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 |
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Aggro-Combo | 14214 | 26125–23933–4 | 52.2 | 204 | 1345 | 684 |
Aristocrats | 4484 | 8396–7478–3 | 52.9 | 64 | 410 | 235 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 949 | 1908–1460–1 | 56.7 | 23 | 106 | 56 |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 872 | 1669–1499 | 52.7 | 10 | 58 | 52 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 452 | 767–830–2 | 48.0 | 3 | 35 | 18 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 268 | 387–481 | 44.6 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
Mardu Aristocrats | 93 | 147–183 | 44.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Food | 421 | 718–761 | 48.5 | 5 | 34 | 14 |
Rakdos Aristocrats | 1028 | 2111–1610 | 56.7 | 21 | 134 | 68 |
Boros Bombardment | 169 | 346–249 | 58.2 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
Burn | 1899 | 2971–3365 | 46.9 | 20 | 195 | 54 |
Necro Burn | 44 | 54–87 | 38.3 | 1 | 6 | |
Infect | 2145 | 3495–3861 | 47.5 | 16 | 141 | 70 |
Simic Infect | 838 | 1557–1434 | 52.1 | 7 | 58 | 44 |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 633 | 1021–1131 | 47.4 | 2 | 29 | 16 |
Golgari Infect | 158 | 340–279 | 54.9 | 7 | 33 | 5 |
Mono Black Infect | 54 | 81–102 | 44.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Turbo Myth | 24 | 32–46 | 41.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Pummeler | 191 | 297–354 | 45.6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Hermit Humans | 67 | 109–114 | 48.9 | 1 | 8 | |
Trickbind Dreadnought | 2445 | 5242–3669 | 58.8 | 68 | 357 | 176 |
Izzet Dreadnought | 247 | 548–406 | 57.4 | 6 | 38 | 20 |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1898 | 4233–2759 | 60.5 | 62 | 309 | 146 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 516 | 908–919 | 49.7 | 0 | 27 | 20 |
Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 47 | 71–96 | 42.5 | 1 | ||
Hushnought | 842 | 1807–1360–1 | 57.1 | 22 | 95 | 59 |
Liquimetal Fishing | 295 | 385–532 | 42.0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Combo Goblins | 1005 | 2099–1704 | 55.2 | 10 | 87 | 53 |
Goblin Persist | 666 | 1428–1106 | 56.4 | 5 | 58 | 37 |
Dirty Kitty | 332 | 666–590 | 53.0 | 5 | 29 | 16 |
Dwarf Combo | 16 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |