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 | 318 | 619–617 | 50.1 | 19 | 143 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 90 | 208–167 | 55.5 | 9 | 47 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 42 | 68–76 | 47.2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 35 | 64–61 | 51.2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 35 | 84–68 | 55.3 | 3 | 21 | |
| White Weenie | 19 | 40–39 | 50.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Soldiers | 11 | 30–22 | 57.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Merfolk | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 57 | 110–100 | 52.4 | 2 | 33 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Voltron | 25 | 37–57 | 39.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Hexproof | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Auras | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 7 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Knights | 12 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Cats | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cats | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |