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, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 140 | 274–270 | 50.4 | 7 | 56 | |
| Storm | 16 | 22–36 | 37.9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 8 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 66 | 144–113 | 56.0 | 4 | 32 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 26 | 60–48 | 55.6 | 0 | 15 | |
| 8 Goyf | 14 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 26 | 58–39 | 59.8 | 4 | 10 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Monumental Ignus | 15 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Life | 10 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Twin | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 14 | 43–28 | 60.6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |