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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 92 | 188–170–8 | 52.5 | 7 | 29 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 8–4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heroic | 16 | 28–31–1 | 47.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 18–13–1 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 16 | 54–23–3 | 70.1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 10–7–1 | 58.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 10–9–1 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 12 | 27–26–1 | 50.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Odric Keywords | 6 | 13–12–1 | 52.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Minotaurs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Madness | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Slivers | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 |