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 | 389 | 810–753 | 51.8 | 19 | 179 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 5–15 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heroic | 15 | 30–31 | 49.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 11 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 208 | 473–382 | 55.3 | 13 | 103 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Prisoner | 8 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Proliferate Red | 16 | 42–30 | 58.3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 7 | 6–17 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 29 | 71–62 | 53.4 | 2 | 19 | |
| White Weenie | 16 | 36–30 | 54.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Odric Keywords | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Werewolves | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 2 | 5 | |
| Zombies | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 9 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 33 | 70–56 | 55.6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Affinity | 25 | 63–43 | 59.4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Naya Zoo | 9 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |