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 | 794 | 1188–1335 | 47.1 | 11 | 69 | 23 |
Storm | 75 | 80–134 | 37.4 | 1 | ||
Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Hazoret Storm | 13 | 5–33 | 13.2 | |||
Simic Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Grixis Tendrils | 7 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Stormpost | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 6 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Izzet Storm | 24 | 41–36 | 53.2 | 1 | ||
Swath Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Song Storm | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 8 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 38 | 64–54 | 54.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Dubious Challenge | 10 | 10–27 | 27.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Warp World | 24 | 19–57 | 25.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 10 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
Hypergenesis | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Anvil Colossus | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Seismic Swans | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Eggs | 16 | 11–34 | 24.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Heartless Summoning Combo | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 10 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 142 | 223–222 | 50.1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
Ominous Good | 10 | 10–24 | 29.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Jokulhaups Combo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Soulflayer | 57 | 106–86 | 55.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Breakfast | 181 | 383–263 | 59.3 | 10 | 46 | 9 |
Oops All Spells | 181 | 383–263 | 59.3 | 10 | 46 | 9 |
Oops All Lands | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
Dredge | 47 | 50–74 | 40.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Polymorph | 16 | 26–28 | 48.1 | 1 | ||
Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dice Factory | 15 | 17–34 | 33.3 | |||
Storm Herald | 18 | 31–24 | 56.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Enduring Ideal | 16 | 19–37 | 33.9 | 0 | 1 | |
GreenTwin | 9 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Calibrated Blast | 23 | 32–43 | 42.7 | |||
Restore Balance | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 |