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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Combo | 1846 | 3041–3215 | 48.6 | 15 | 124 | 72 |
Storm | 488 | 730–876 | 45.5 | 6 | 25 | 17 |
Sultai Tendrils | 17 | 24–32 | 42.9 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 301 | 510–526 | 49.2 | 5 | 19 | 12 |
Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Simic Storm | 66 | 97–105 | 48.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Citadel Storm | 51 | 64–116 | 35.6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
High Tide | 1 | |||||
Grixis Tendrils | 15 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Stormpost | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Swath Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Reanimator | 605 | 1267–1004 | 55.8 | 9 | 76 | 31 |
Recurring Nightmare | 259 | 593–396 | 60.0 | 7 | 42 | 18 |
Dragon Nightmare | 232 | 549–344 | 61.5 | 7 | 41 | 18 |
Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Grozoth | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 344 | 672–604 | 52.7 | 2 | 34 | 13 |
Rakdos Reanimator | 122 | 248–204 | 54.9 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
Dimir Reanimator | 27 | 47–69 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Reanimator | 177 | 357–293 | 54.9 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
Oriss Genesis | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 26 | 59–35 | 62.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dubious Challenge | 11 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
Warp World | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Actual Warp World | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 84 | 160–151 | 51.4 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
New Perspectives | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | |||||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | |||||
Myr Incubator | 13 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 1 | ||
Fake-Twin | 30 | 37–52 | 41.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 9 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
Combo Post | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 96 | 154–158 | 49.4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Upheaval Colossus | 29 | 32–45 | 41.6 | 1 | ||
Seismic Swans | 18 | 20–36 | 35.7 | |||
Cruel Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Eggs | 31 | 24–58 | 29.3 | |||
Turntimber Ranger | 8 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 21 | 30–34 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 32 | 37–52 | 41.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Ascension | 84 | 124–165 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Ominous Good | 55 | 66–89 | 42.6 | 0 | 3 | |
Jokulhaups Combo | 72 | 97–127 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Soulflayer | 17 | 24–39 | 38.1 | |||
Breakfast | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Oops All Spells | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Oops All Lands | 19 | 16–47 | 25.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Polymorph | 29 | 37–43 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Enduring Ideal | 17 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 1 |