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 | 344 | 807–682 | 54.2 | 23 | 123 | |
| Storm | 29 | 50–54 | 48.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Dragonstorm | 18 | 38–34 | 52.8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Swath Storm | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 52 | 106–105 | 50.2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 52 | 106–105 | 50.2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 49 | 100–98 | 50.5 | 1 | 20 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 30 | 68–57 | 54.4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 55 | 150–105 | 58.8 | 7 | 24 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 50 | 139–94 | 59.7 | 7 | 23 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eggs | 10 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Soulflayer | 31 | 98–62 | 61.3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 22 | 81–42 | 65.9 | 3 | 16 | |
| Breakfast | 88 | 245–164 | 59.9 | 9 | 39 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 16 | 35–29 | 54.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 70 | 207–131 | 61.2 | 8 | 34 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |