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, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Combo | 1258 | 1983–2142 | 48.1 | 12 | 93 | 41 |
Storm | 128 | 118–249 | 32.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Dimir Tendrils | 13 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
Dragonstorm | 38 | 51–82 | 38.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Hazoret Storm | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
Simic Storm | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 8 | 1–17 | 5.6 | |||
High Tide | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Grixis Tendrils | 8 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 12 | 7–28 | 20.0 | |||
Swath Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Song Storm | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Reanimator | 20 | 16–41 | 28.1 | |||
Grozoth | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 15 | 12–34 | 26.1 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 31 | 46–76 | 37.7 | |||
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Warp World | 33 | 31–73 | 29.8 | |||
Temur Glimpse | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Four Color Glimpse | 28 | 31–67 | 31.6 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Maniac Combo | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
Hypergenesis | 139 | 248–214 | 53.7 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
New Perspectives | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
Myr Incubator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Umbral Mantle | 34 | 52–52 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Fake-Twin | 19 | 37–41 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Naya Fake-Twin | 18 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Metalwork Colossus | 33 | 39–51 | 43.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Upheaval Colossus | 17 | 23–31 | 42.6 | 0 | 3 | |
Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 29 | 44–62 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 71 | 119–132 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Ascension | 112 | 188–157 | 54.5 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
Ominous Good | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Breakfast | 194 | 461–265 | 63.5 | 8 | 27 | 13 |
Oops All Spells | 194 | 461–265 | 63.5 | 8 | 27 | 13 |
Oops All Lands | 8 | 6–19 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dredge | 22 | 10–40 | 20.0 | |||
Polymorph | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
Dice Factory | 23 | 42–49 | 46.2 | |||
Storm Herald | 8 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 24 | 49–51 | 49.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ad Nauseam | 56 | 69–90 | 43.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Ad Swanseam | 34 | 44–51 | 46.3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
GreenTwin | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tibalt's Trickery | 36 | 34–82 | 29.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Intruder Alarm | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Calibrated Blast | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Restore Balance | 114 | 239–164 | 59.3 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Gyruda | 31 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |