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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 190 | 441–360–23 | 55.1 | 13 | 92 | |
| Heroic | 13 | 30–23–3 | 56.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 23–18–3 | 56.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 121 | 327–215–19 | 60.3 | 12 | 72 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 22 | 57–34–4 | 62.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Proliferate Red | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 16 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 6 | 7–14–1 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |