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 | 267 | 533–518 | 50.7 | 24 | 158 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 14 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Heroic | 10 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Boros Heroic | 10 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 26–36 | 41.9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Goblins | 10 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 21 | 40–49 | 44.9 | 1 | 12 | |
| Soldiers | 9 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Knights | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 11 | 27–25 | 51.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Cats | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Humans | 27 | 55–52 | 51.4 | 3 | 18 | |
| Boros Humans | 24 | 47–47 | 50.0 | 3 | 16 | |
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Legends Aggro | 109 | 261–207 | 55.8 | 12 | 67 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 109 | 261–207 | 55.8 | 12 | 67 | |
| Pirates | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 |