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 1 week, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 365 | 754–723 | 51.0 | 15 | 124 | |
| Storm | 90 | 168–169 | 49.9 | 6 | 25 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 62 | 126–114 | 52.5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Simic Storm | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Citadel Storm | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stormpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 188 | 446–350 | 56.0 | 9 | 76 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 101 | 250–180 | 58.1 | 7 | 42 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 96 | 243–168 | 59.1 | 7 | 41 | |
| Grozoth | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 86 | 195–170 | 53.4 | 2 | 34 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 43 | 90–86 | 51.1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 41 | 96–80 | 54.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 15 | 32–32 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 18 | 34–37 | 47.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ominous Good | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 |