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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 192 | 392–373 | 51.2 | 12 | 93 | |
| Storm | 9 | 10–25 | 28.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Song Storm | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Grozoth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 22 | 56–40 | 58.3 | 4 | 15 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Taking Turns | 9 | 8–22 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 23 | 50–42 | 54.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Breakfast | 46 | 131–80 | 62.1 | 8 | 27 | |
| Oops All Spells | 46 | 131–80 | 62.1 | 8 | 27 | |
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dice Factory | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 9 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ad Swanseam | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| GreenTwin | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 25 | 58–47 | 55.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Gyruda | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |