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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 351 | 718–625 | 53.5 | 29 | 219 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heroic | 21 | 24–31 | 43.6 | 0 | 14 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 13 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 96 | 217–165 | 56.8 | 10 | 71 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Proliferate Red | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 11 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tokens | 15 | 20–37 | 35.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 8 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mardu Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 102 | 236–163 | 59.1 | 13 | 71 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Elves | 26 | 58–48 | 54.7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Minotaurs | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 18 | 45–29 | 60.8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Illusions | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hexproof | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gruul Humans | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 |