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 |
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Combo | 2339 | 4193–4003 | 51.2 | 23 | 123 | 132 |
Storm | 325 | 417–666 | 38.5 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
Dragonstorm | 121 | 207–239 | 46.4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Hazoret Storm | 11 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
Simic Storm | 5 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 3 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
Stormpost | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 63 | 60–141 | 29.9 | |||
Izzet Storm | 59 | 105–123 | 46.1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Swath Storm | 50 | 100–110 | 47.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Song Storm | 11 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |||
Reanimator | 348 | 754–572 | 56.9 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
Traditional Reanimator | 348 | 754–572 | 56.9 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
Rakdos Reanimator | 6 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Reanimator | 14 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 324 | 715–519 | 57.9 | 1 | 20 | 25 |
Oriss Genesis | 75 | 162–80 | 66.9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 9 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Dubious Challenge | 5 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Maniac Combo | 8 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 39 | 38–83 | 31.4 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 186 | 348–262 | 57.0 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 74 | 132–129 | 50.6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 12 | 29–20 | 59.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 93 | 186–100 | 65.0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Fake-Twin | 43 | 48–77 | 38.4 | |||
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 13 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 22 | 27–43 | 38.6 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 309 | 672–528 | 56.0 | 7 | 24 | 22 |
Anvil Colossus | 208 | 504–342 | 59.6 | 7 | 23 | 19 |
Upheaval Colossus | 79 | 135–144 | 48.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Seismic Swans | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
Cruel Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Eggs | 84 | 82–148 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Heartless Summoning Combo | 14 | 12–29 | 29.3 | |||
Taking Turns | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 8 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 87 | 146–161 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Ominous Good | 10 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
Jokulhaups Combo | 42 | 57–76 | 42.9 | |||
Soulflayer | 96 | 197–175 | 53.0 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
Reanim8 Rack | 43 | 117–86 | 57.6 | 3 | 16 | |
Breakfast | 428 | 939–604 | 60.9 | 9 | 39 | 38 |
Hermit Gond | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Hermit Dredge | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Oops All Spells | 102 | 233–155 | 60.1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Neoform Hermit | 292 | 663–412 | 61.7 | 8 | 34 | 29 |
Oops All Lands | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Dredge | 30 | 20–68 | 22.7 | |||
Polymorph | 9 | 21–23 | 47.7 | |||
Dice Factory | 10 | 13–27 | 32.5 | |||
Storm Herald | 21 | 40–44 | 47.6 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 50 | 67–108 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Stuffy Doll | 27 | 55–51 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Possibility Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |