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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 261 | 637–506 | 55.7 | 27 | 152 | |
| Storm | 9 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 48–33 | 59.3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Warp World | 45 | 115–81 | 58.7 | 5 | 30 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 43 | 114–76 | 60.0 | 5 | 29 | |
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 8 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 50 | 143–99 | 59.1 | 4 | 32 | |
| Actual Twin | 99 | 245–187 | 56.7 | 13 | 59 | |
| Izzet Twin | 86 | 214–162 | 56.9 | 11 | 51 | |
| Boros Twin | 13 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 2 | 8 |