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 | 247 | 482–497 | 49.2 | 12 | 122 | |
| Heroic | 13 | 11–30 | 26.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 88 | 185–183 | 50.3 | 5 | 46 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Proliferate Red | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 7 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 32 | 62–63 | 49.6 | 1 | 14 | |
| Affinity | 11 | 16–22 | 42.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Tempered Steel | 9 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 12 | 31–24 | 56.4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 9 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hateful Auras | 6 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Knights | 26 | 43–57 | 43.0 | 1 | 13 | |
| AggroSlide | 30 | 79–45 | 63.7 | 2 | 18 | |
| Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shamans | 11 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 2 | 6 |