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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 151 | 326–296 | 52.4 | 14 | 87 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 43 | 112–86 | 56.6 | 3 | 22 | |
| Living Death | 31 | 75–64 | 54.0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 31 | 75–64 | 54.0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 12 | 37–22 | 62.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 12 | 37–22 | 62.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 8 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Seismic Swans | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 18 | 57–25 | 69.5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Unctus | 18 | 57–25 | 69.5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Oops All Lands | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Storm Herald | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Restore Balance | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 12 | 26–25 | 51.0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Izzet Twin | 12 | 26–25 | 51.0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Nadu Combo | 30 | 54–57 | 48.6 | 3 | 19 | |
| Amalia Combo | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 3 |