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, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 325 | 621–664–2 | 48.3 | 18 | 176 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 13 | 15–29 | 34.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 28 | 74–55–1 | 57.4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tokens | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 10 | 9–24 | 27.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| White Weenie | 130 | 279–271–1 | 50.7 | 9 | 76 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 30 | 48–61 | 44.0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Zombies | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 73 | 131–138 | 48.7 | 5 | 44 | |
| Affinity | 45 | 78–86 | 47.6 | 2 | 28 | |
| Tempered Steel | 27 | 53–51 | 51.0 | 3 | 16 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Knights | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 8 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |