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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 133 | 233–264 | 46.9 | 10 | 73 | |
| Storm | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Necro Combo | 13 | 37–22 | 62.7 | 3 | 9 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Perspectives | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 19 | 32–42 | 43.2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 17 | 31–35 | 47.0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 35 | 42–67 | 38.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 9 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Restore Balance | 12 | 19–24 | 44.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Gyruda | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 17 | 35–29 | 54.7 | 3 | 13 |