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 3 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 5687 | 11965–11042–18 | 52.0 | 423 | 2747 | |
| Reanimator | 998 | 2216–1917–4 | 53.6 | 57 | 462 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 568 | 1198–1104–4 | 52.0 | 31 | 253 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 7 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 0 | 5 |
Decks
Cards
Meta Share By Season
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6–3 | 66.7 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| White Weenie | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Soldiers | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Mono White Humans | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Voltron | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Legends Aggro | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 6–6 | 50.0 |
| Storm | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| High Tide | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Reanimator | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Living Death | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Excruciator Combo | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Breakfast | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Unctus | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Restore Balance | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Nadu Combo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Azorius Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Izzet Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Tempo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Midrange | 4–2 | 66.7 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Nissa Company | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Laelia Cascade | 1–0 | 100.0 |