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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 419 | 798–747–4 | 51.7 | 9 | 90 | 13 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 31 | 64–62–1 | 50.8 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Heroic | 15 | 27–31 | 46.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 10 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 137 | 318–223–3 | 58.8 | 5 | 45 | 5 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 12 | 14–22 | 38.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tokens | 66 | 129–113 | 53.3 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 46 | 98–78 | 55.7 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Mardu Tokens | 2 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 17 | 43–32 | 57.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 36 | 75–55 | 57.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kithkin | 4 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Werewolves | 3 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Minotaurs | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Warriors | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Zombies | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 17 | 22–38 | 36.7 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 12 | 18–24 | 42.9 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 12 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gruul Madness | 10 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Voltron | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Slivers | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |