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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 205 | 373–378 | 49.7 | 9 | 110 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 20 | 18–36 | 33.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 11 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 58 | 127–110 | 53.6 | 3 | 36 | |
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Goblins | 16 | 32–28 | 53.3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tokens | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 38 | 77–75 | 50.7 | 4 | 20 | |
| White Weenie | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 20 | 39–39 | 50.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Affinity | 13 | 27–25 | 51.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hexproof | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Knights | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 18 | 44–22 | 66.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |