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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 501 | 961–978 | 49.6 | 32 | 247 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 21 | 42–43 | 49.4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Heroic | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 105 | 215–197 | 52.2 | 11 | 57 | |
| Goblins | 9 | 9–22 | 29.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Tokens | 18 | 25–38 | 39.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 7 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 57 | 121–113 | 51.7 | 6 | 29 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 10 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Soldiers | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Elves | 30 | 58–58 | 50.0 | 2 | 17 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 30 | 63–60 | 51.2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 87 | 156–178 | 46.7 | 2 | 36 | |
| Affinity | 41 | 70–89 | 44.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 43 | 86–81 | 51.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 9 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slivers | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 88 | 211–151 | 58.3 | 6 | 55 | |
| Cats | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Humans | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |