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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 286 | 558–569 | 49.5 | 15 | 72 | |
| Storm | 88 | 186–161 | 53.6 | 6 | 24 | |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 82 | 176–146 | 54.7 | 6 | 22 | |
| Reanimator | 32 | 85–66 | 56.3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 28 | 75–57 | 56.8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Dragon | 23 | 67–46 | 59.3 | 1 | 11 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 15 | 30–32 | 48.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 14 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 10 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 2 | 4 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 7 | 5–17 | 22.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Taking Turns | 26 | 31–52 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 27 | 52–56 | 48.1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 13 | 28–29 | 49.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Soulflayer | 15 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Breakfast | 25 | 50–47 | 51.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hermit Gond | 8 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stuffy Doll | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |