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 | 173 | 353–327–2 | 51.9 | 17 | 98 | |
| Storm | 14 | 22–26 | 45.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Izzet Storm | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 85 | 181–160–1 | 53.1 | 7 | 46 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 73 | 161–139–1 | 53.7 | 7 | 42 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 73 | 161–139–1 | 53.7 | 7 | 42 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 25 | 49–44–1 | 52.7 | 4 | 15 | |
| Warp World | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 44–24 | 64.7 | 5 | 10 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 13 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 14 | 31–31 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Breakfast | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Endless Belch | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |