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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 417 | 808–778 | 50.9 | 33 | 230 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 56 | 100–100 | 50.0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 37 | 60–74 | 44.8 | 3 | 21 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 12 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Tokens | 7 | 17–14 | 54.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 32 | 71–63 | 53.0 | 3 | 15 | |
| Odric Keywords | 13 | 37–23 | 61.7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chroma White | 9 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elves | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 196 | 466–338 | 58.0 | 26 | 128 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 194 | 466–334 | 58.3 | 26 | 128 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Illusions | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Madness | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Voltron | 39 | 43–80 | 35.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 38 | 43–77 | 35.8 | 1 | 15 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Hellbent | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shamans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |