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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 189 | 378–381 | 49.8 | 10 | 103 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 9 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 90 | 206–177 | 53.8 | 7 | 57 | |
| Soldiers | 74 | 179–148 | 54.7 | 6 | 50 | |
| Mono White Humans | 16 | 27–29 | 48.2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Elves | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 11 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Knights | 2 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 22 | 58–39 | 59.8 | 2 | 15 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Humans | 8 | 4–13 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Humans | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bard Class | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 |