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 | 1662 | 3293–2713 | 54.8 | 33 | 230 | 97 |
Mono Black Aggro | 158 | 301–253 | 54.3 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
Heroic | 43 | 53–91 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono White Heroic | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Heroic | 28 | 40–63 | 38.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Boros Heroic | 6 | 3–15 | 16.7 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 203 | 441–343 | 56.3 | 3 | 21 | 23 |
Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Goblins | 63 | 105–115 | 47.7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Tokens | 40 | 55–68 | 44.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Selesnya Tokens | 28 | 30–49 | 38.0 | 1 | ||
Mono Green Stompy | 22 | 24–31 | 43.6 | 1 | ||
White Weenie | 195 | 431–340 | 55.9 | 3 | 15 | 6 |
Odric Keywords | 27 | 58–45 | 56.3 | 3 | 7 | |
Soldiers | 13 | 25–27 | 48.1 | |||
Kithkin | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
Chroma White | 70 | 164–123 | 57.1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Elves | 20 | 19–41 | 31.7 | 1 | ||
Werewolves | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Minotaurs | 7 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Warriors | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 22 | 20–44 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Zombies | 32 | 33–38 | 46.5 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 38 | 76–59 | 56.3 | 4 | ||
Merfolk | 15 | 13–37 | 26.0 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 532 | 1299–754 | 63.3 | 26 | 128 | 40 |
Affinity | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
Boros Vehicles | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Salvage Titan | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Tempered Steel | 516 | 1280–721 | 64.0 | 26 | 128 | 40 |
Devoid Aggro | 6 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |||
Mono Blue Aggro | 29 | 27–43 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Illusions | 19 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Madness | 11 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |||
Golgari Madness | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
Voltron | 113 | 166–201 | 45.2 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 103 | 157–182 | 46.3 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
Slivers | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Naya Zoo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 52 | 134–99 | 57.5 | 5 | ||
Rakdos Hellbent | 52 | 134–99 | 57.5 | 5 | ||
Boros Aggro | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shamans | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 |