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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 538 | 878–867 | 50.3 | 7 | 50 | 19 |
| Stax | 18 | 21–30 | 41.2 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3–7 | 30.0 |
| Red Deck Wins | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Elves | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Merfolk | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Knights | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Humans | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Boros Humans | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Pirates | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 0–4 | 0.0 |
| Warp World | 0–4 | 0.0 |
| Control | 3–9 | 25.0 |
| Esper Control | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Azorius Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Turbo Fog | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Stax | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono White Control | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Aristocrats | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Burn | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 3–4 | 42.9 |
| Simic Flash | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Azorius Tempo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Greasefang | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Midrange | 7–5 | 58.3 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Big Red | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Fires of Invention | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Artifact Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Death Cloud | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Ramp | 1–0 | 100.0 |