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 5 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 266 | 519–532 | 49.4 | 14 | 141 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 58 | 103–121 | 46.0 | 1 | 29 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 42 | 99–81 | 55.0 | 6 | 24 | |
| Soldiers | 27 | 76–51 | 59.8 | 5 | 17 | |
| Mono White Humans | 14 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 36 | 78–73 | 51.7 | 3 | 20 | |
| Affinity | 30 | 64–61 | 51.2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 29 | 61–58 | 51.3 | 3 | 15 | |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Illusions | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hateful Auras | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| AggroSlide | 23 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 1 | 13 | |
| Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Humans | 49 | 103–99 | 51.0 | 2 | 27 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 21 | 51–37 | 58.0 | 2 | 15 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 25 | 48–57 | 45.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Legends Aggro | 12 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bard Class | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Permanent Vacation | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pirates | 10 | 22–20 | 52.4 | 0 | 7 |