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, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro-Combo | 948 | 1714–1665 | 50.7 | 6 | 45 | 45 |
Aristocrats | 421 | 820–690 | 54.3 | 3 | 22 | 31 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 48 | 88–75 | 54.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 100 | 231–142 | 61.9 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 36 | 59–64 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 12 | 15–25 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
Food | 56 | 94–104 | 47.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rakdos Aristocrats | 147 | 304–243 | 55.6 | 3 | 15 | 10 |
Burn | 158 | 238–285 | 45.5 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
Infect | 142 | 224–278 | 44.6 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Simic Infect | 87 | 154–170 | 47.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Golgari Infect | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Mono Black Infect | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Pummeler | 6 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 51 | 121–88 | 57.9 | 1 | 7 | |
Izzet Dreadnought | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 38 | 105–51 | 67.3 | 1 | 6 | |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 45 | 85–80 | 51.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 29 | 42–60 | 41.2 | 1 | ||
Hushnought | 8 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
Combo Goblins | 77 | 157–133 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Goblin Persist | 59 | 134–96 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Dirty Kitty | 18 | 23–37 | 38.3 |