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 11 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Combo | 778 | 1357–1214 | 52.8 | 14 | 87 | 45 |
Storm | 39 | 56–80 | 41.2 | 1 | ||
Hazoret Storm | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
High Tide | 29 | 46–58 | 44.2 | 1 | ||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Reanimator | 199 | 423–294 | 59.0 | 3 | 22 | 17 |
Living Death | 135 | 289–197 | 59.5 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
Excruciator Combo | 117 | 254–173 | 59.5 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
Traditional Reanimator | 64 | 134–97 | 58.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Dimir Reanimator | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
Orzhov Reanimator | 46 | 113–73 | 60.8 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 37 | 96–51 | 65.3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Warp World | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Four Color Glimpse | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 15 | 14–22 | 38.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Metalwork Colossus | 58 | 104–99 | 51.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Anvil Colossus | 48 | 93–76 | 55.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Seismic Swans | 7 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Eggs | 10 | 0–17 | 0.0 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 13 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 1 | ||
Taking Turns | 7 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Breakfast | 60 | 128–67 | 65.6 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
Oops All Spells | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Unctus | 58 | 127–64 | 66.5 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
Oops All Lands | 33 | 44–62 | 41.5 | 1 | 4 | |
Dredge | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dice Factory | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Storm Herald | 12 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Enduring Ideal | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Chain of Acid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Calibrated Blast | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
Restore Balance | 11 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Phoenix Altar | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Actual Twin | 34 | 70–58 | 54.7 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Izzet Twin | 30 | 64–50 | 56.1 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Boros Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Nadu Combo | 135 | 240–184 | 56.6 | 3 | 19 | 10 |
Amalia Combo | 32 | 38–57 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Primal Prayers Combo | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 |