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, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 168 | 306–334 | 47.8 | 7 | 93 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| The Rock | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grenzo | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 10 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Jund | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Blink | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Acid Trip | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 21 | 47–37 | 56.0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mardu Allies | 11 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Boros Allies | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 6 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Jund | 6 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Vampires | 14 | 33–29 | 53.2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 13 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Legends Midrange | 29 | 56–58 | 49.1 | 1 | 17 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Legends | 11 | 23–23 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 14 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 12 | 25–28 | 47.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stoic Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Card Advantage White | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 2 |