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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 186 | 359–386 | 48.2 | 5 | 86 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 46 | 86–100 | 46.2 | 0 | 23 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 29 | 64–60 | 51.6 | 2 | 13 | |
| Soldiers | 16 | 46–32 | 59.0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Mono White Humans | 13 | 18–28 | 39.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 38–41 | 48.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Affinity | 12 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 11 | 20–23 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 15 | 30–27 | 52.6 | 1 | 8 | |
| 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 | 45 | 92–92 | 50.0 | 2 | 23 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 18 | 40–33 | 54.8 | 2 | 12 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 24 | 48–54 | 47.1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Legends Aggro | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Permanent Vacation | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pirates | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 |