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, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 269 | 511–574 | 47.1 | 12 | 155 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heroic | 12 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 9 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 65 | 128–144 | 47.1 | 3 | 31 | |
| Goblins | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Elves | 10 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 13 | 19–31 | 38.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 44–37 | 54.3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Affinity | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 33–18 | 64.7 | 3 | 11 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Knights | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 12 | 45–29 | 60.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Cats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 8 | 8–24 | 25.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 90 | 182–193 | 48.5 | 3 | 62 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 87 | 179–184 | 49.3 | 3 | 61 | |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |