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 | 241 | 521–485 | 51.8 | 15 | 105 | |
| Storm | 15 | 16–30 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Swath Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 18 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 17 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 26 | 60–51 | 54.1 | 1 | 14 | |
| Hypergenesis | 15 | 26–34 | 43.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 43 | 101–83 | 54.9 | 6 | 22 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 29 | 57–58 | 49.6 | 2 | 13 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 44–25 | 63.8 | 4 | 9 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 56 | 161–106 | 60.3 | 5 | 34 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 8 | 17–20 | 45.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dice Factory | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm Herald | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 14 | 25–35 | 41.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 23 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 2 | 9 | |
| Ad Swanseam | 7 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 | 3 |